Fertile Period
"Fertile Period" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The period in the MENSTRUAL CYCLE that is optimal for FERTILIZATION of the OVUM and yielding PREGNANCY. The duration of fertile period depends on the life span of male GAMETES within the female reproductive tract and the time of OVULATION. It usually begins a few days before ovulation and ends on the day of ovulation.
| Descriptor ID |
D046910
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.605.154
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