Definition of Chronobiology

1. Noun. (biology) The study of the effects of time on biological systems, especially the effects of periodicity ¹

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Definition of Chronobiology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Chronobiology

1. The study of biological systems as affected by time. Aging, biological rhythms, and cyclic phenomena are included. Statistical, computer-aided mathematical procedures are used to describe, in mathematical terminology, various biological functions over time. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronobiology

chronicles
chronicling
chronicon
chronicons
chronics
chrono-
chrono-oncology
chronoamperometric
chronoamperometry
chronobiologic
chronobiological
chronobiologically
chronobiologies
chronobiologist
chronobiologists
chronobiology
chronocidal
chronocide
chronoclasm
chronoclasms
chronofile
chronofiles
chronogeometric
chronogeometrical
chronogeometry
chronognosis
chronogram
chronogrammatist
chronogrammatists
chronograms

Literary usage of Chronobiology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Rhythms: Implications for the Worker by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... Between Inter-Individual and Inter-Task Differences in the Diurnal Variations of Human Performance,'' Chronobiology International 3:171-177, 1986. 108. ..."

2. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... geodesy and gravity, seismology, bioenvironmental science, neuroscience, chronobiology, optical orientation, cognition, and perception and recognition. ..."

3. Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals by Ilar, National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"Chronobiology International 11(4):222-31. Weisbroth, SH, RG Paganelli, and M. Salvia. 1977. Evaluation of a disposable water system during shipment of ..."

4. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"In the past 30 years they have contributed more than 500 papers to the world's scientific literature, placing particular emphasis on the chronobiology ..."

5. Tobacco Policy Making in California 2001-2003: No Longer Finishing First edited by Jeffrey Archer, Simon Bainbridge (2003)
"... neuroscience, chronobiology, perception and recognition, spatial orientation, cognition, bioenvironmental sciences, optical and infrared environment, ..."

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