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(physiology) The time period in a cycle during which the cycle crests or peaks, especially the upper part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm.
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(biology, dated) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
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(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
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(biology) Any of several mechanisms that regulate the periodicity of biological functions.
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With regard to biomechanics.
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With regard to biophysics.
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(biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
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The study of biorhythms.
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To undergo biorientation
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The study of the communicative function of time.
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In a chronobiological way.
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(biology) The study of the effects of time on biological systems, especially the effects of periodicity
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An agent that can cause phase adjustment of the body clock
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(physiology) The sense of time.
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(biology) disruption to the circadian rhythm
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The subdiscipline of medicine as it relates to chronobiology and biological clocks.
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(biochemistry) Any metabolism that is time-dependent, especially because of circadian rhythms
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(biology) The modulation of a circadian rhythm
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Aspects of nutrition that are influenced by the circadian rhythm
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An inability to manage ones time or to comply with schedules
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Relating to chronopharmacokinetics.
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pharmacotherapy applied in a circadian schedule
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The study of the cyclic variations and rhythmicity in physiological processes in the body
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The study of the psychological effects of human circadian rhythms and related topics
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(physiology) The psychophysiology of circadian rhythms and the like
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In which the length of a time interval has significance in itself
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(medicine) Any of several forms of therapy that is administered in phase with a person's biological clock
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Any therapy based on the circadian rhythm or other cyclical schedule.
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The natural disposition of a person to be more alert or lethargic at different times in the day (especially either in the morning or the evening), depending on a variety of factors associated with circadian rhythms.
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The characterization and analysis of chronotypes
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(biology) of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a biological process
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Disruption to the body's biological clock caused by a sudden shift in daily rhythm.
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The "internal body clock" that regulates the (roughly) 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.
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The phase angle of a circadian rhythm
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The art/study of governing, controlling automatic processes and communication.
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In terms of, or by means of, decomposition.
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Disruption of the natural alignment of circadian rhythms with the natural environment
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(biology) The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm in its environment
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In a macroanatomical manner
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(biology) A mean value based on the distribution of values across the cycles of the circadian rhythm, computed using a cosine function.
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In terms of mesostructure.
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A technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged.
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By means of, or in terms of, morphometrics.
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In pathomechanical terms.
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In terms of petrogenesis.
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In pharmacodynamic terms.
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In pharmacokinetic terms.
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Relating to phenomenography
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Relating to psychoenergetics.
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The supposed influence of circadian rhythms on social behaviour
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(physiology) A rhythmically occurring cue given by the environment, such as a change in light or temperature, to reset the internal body clock.
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