circadian rhythm

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Noun

circadian rhythm (plural circadian rhythms)

1. (biology, sleep medicine) The internal body clock that regulates the roughly 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.

   Synonym: circadian clock

Translations

internal body clock

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生理節律／生理节律 (shēnglǐ jiélǜ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sirkadiaanirytmi
• Galician: ritmo circadiano m
• German: circadianer Rhythmus m, circadiane Rhythmik f
• Greek: κιρκάδιος ρυθμός m (kirkádios rythmós)
• Icelandic: dægursveifla f, dægursveifla f
• Japanese: 概日リゾム (がいじつりぞむ, gaijitsurizomu)
• Korean: 생체리듬 (saengcherideum)
• Portuguese: ritmo circadiano m
• Romanian: ritm circadian (ro) n
• Russian: циркадный ритм (cirkadnyj ritm)
• Spanish: ritmo circadiano m
• Swedish: dygnsrytm c
• Thai: จังหวะรอบวัน
• Ukrainian: цирка́дний ритм m (cyrkádnyj rytm)

See also

• chronotype
• infradian
• ultradian