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Chronobiology

Medical Definition:	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.
Guide Notes:	"biol systems as affected by time"; DF: CHRONOBIOL
Previously Indexed:	Biological Clocks (1966-1985),Periodicity (1966-1985)

Chronobiology Categories.

	Biological Clocks - The physiological mechanisms that govern the rhythmic occurrence of certain biochemical, physiological, and behavioral phenomena in plants and animals.
	Periodicity - The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian).

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