"biological time" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
subtypes:
- circadian rhythm - a daily cycle of activity observed in many living organisms
- change of life, climacteric, menopause - the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
- climacteric - a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
- gestation, gestation period - the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
- refractory period - (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response