basal body temperature method of family planning
basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
| bulb | a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end), the bulb of a syringe |
| dry-bulb thermometer | an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb, used to measure the air temperature |
flash
photoflash
flash lamp
flashgun
flashbulb
flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
light bulb
lightbulb
bulb
incandescent lamp
electric light
electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity |
| wet-bulb thermometer | a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin, used in a psychrometer to measure humidity |
| temperature | the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) |
| absolute temperature | temperature measured on the absolute scale |
Curie temperature
Curie point | the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic |
| room temperature | the normal temperature of room in which people live |
basal body temperature
basal temperature | body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything |
body temperature
blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
coldness
cold
low temperature
frigidity frigidness | the absence of heat, the coldness made our breath visible, come in out of the cold, cold is a vasoconstrictor |
hotness
heat high temperature | the presence of heat |
| bulb | a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
bulbar conjunctiva
conjunctival layer of bulb
tunica conjunctiva bulbi | the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea |
artery of the penis bulb
arteria bulbi penis | a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis |
artery of the vestibule bulb
arteria bulbi vestibuli | a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule |
| olfactory bulb | one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities |
medulla oblongata
medulla bulb | lower or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with spinal cord, (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata), the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning |
| temperature | the somatic sensation of cold or heat |
| bulb | a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure |
cooling
chilling
temperature reduction | the process of becoming cooler, a falling temperature |
| temperature change | a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes |
| temperature unit | a unit of measurement for temperature |
| standard temperature | exactly zero degrees centigrade |
| temperature scale | a system of measuring temperature |
| temperature gradient | change in temperature as a function of distance (especially altitude) |
| bulb | anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop |
bulblike
bulbous
bulb-shaped | shaped like a bulb |