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biochronometries

biochronometries is the plural of biochronometry.

Meaning of biochronometry

Noun

biochronometry (plural biochronometries)

  1. The scientific study of biological timekeeping, including the measurement of biological rhythms, life cycles, and time-dependent physiological processes in living organisms, such as circadian and circannual rhythms.
    • The Symposium on Biological Clocks in June 1960 at Cold Spring Harbor, organized under the chairmanship of C. S. Pittendrigh, contributed extensively to a crystallization of the concept of a biochronometry based on endogenous (circadian) periodicities.1971 [1969 September], Donald S[ankey] Farner, “Foreword”, in Michael Menaker, editor, Biochronometry: Proceedings of a Symposium, Friday Harbor, Washington, Washington, DC: National Academy of...
    Synonyms:
    chronobiology

Questions about biochronometries

What is biochronometries the plural of?
Biochronometries is the plural of biochronometry.

Words near biochronometries in the dictionary

  1. biochronologically
  2. biochronologies
  3. biochronology
  4. biochronometer
  5. biochronometers
  6. biochronometries
  7. biochronometry
  8. biochronostratigraphic
  9. biochrons
  10. biocidal
  11. biocide

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