NOUN | time | biological time | the time of various biological processes |
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Meaning | The time of various biological processes. | |
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Narrower | circadian rhythm | A daily cycle of activity observed in many living organisms |
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) | |
menopause, climacteric, change of life | The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | |
refractory period | (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response | |
Broader | time | The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
Spanish | tiempo biológico | |
Catalan | temps biològic |
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