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Basal Body Temperature

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Updated December 30, 2004

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Definition: The lowest body temperature of the day, usually the temperature upon awakening in the morning. Often charted daily and used to determine fertility for either contraceptive results or to achieve pregnancy.
Also Known As: base body temperature
Common Misspellings: baycell body tempreture, bacell body termpature

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