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The internal body clock that regulates the roughly 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: sleep medicine
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: circadian clock
Antonyms: none provided
a daily cycle of activity observed in many living organisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biological time
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
生理節律 /生理节律
(shēnglǐ jiélǜ)
— internal body clock
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Chinese Mandarin:
晝夜節律 /昼夜节律
(zhòuyè jiélǜ)
— internal body clock
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Finnish:
vuorokausirytmi
— internal body clock
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Finnish:
sirkadiaanirytmi
— internal body clock
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French:
rythme circadien
— internal body clock
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Galician:
ritmo circadiano
— internal body clock
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German:
circadianer Rhythmus
— internal body clock
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German:
circadiane Rhythmik
— internal body clock
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Greek:
κιρκάδιος ρυθμός
(kirkádios rythmós)
— internal body clock
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Icelandic:
dægursveifla
— internal body clock
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Japanese:
概日リゾム
(gaijitsurizomu)
— internal body clock
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Korean:
생체리듬
(saengcherideum)
— internal body clock
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Portuguese:
ritmo circadiano
— internal body clock
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Romanian:
ritm circadian
— internal body clock
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Russian:
циркадный ритм
(cirkadnyj ritm)
— internal body clock
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Spanish:
ritmo circadiano
— internal body clock
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Swedish:
dygnsrytm
— internal body clock
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Thai:
จังหวะรอบวัน
— internal body clock
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Ukrainian:
цирка́дний ритм
(cyrkádnyj rytm)
— internal body clock