Billings method
(bil′ingz)
[John Billings, Australian neurologist, 1918-2007]
A method of family planning in which observations about the thickness and slipperiness of cervicovaginal mucus are used to determine when a woman is more (or less) likely to conceive a child.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Billings Method." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751932/0/Billings_method.
Billings method. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751932/0/Billings_method. Accessed December 6, 2019.
Billings method. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751932/0/Billings_method
Billings Method [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 December 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751932/0/Billings_method.
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