biochronometry

名词 n.
/ˌbaɪ.əʊ.krəˈnɒm.ɪ.tri/    /ˌbaɪ.oʊ.krəˈnɒm.ɪ.tri/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

词源

From bio- + chronometry.
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