Associations to the word «Circadian»

Wiktionary

CIRCADIAN, adjective. (biology) of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a biological process
CIRCADIAN DYSRHYTHMIA, noun. Disruption to the body's biological clock caused by a sudden shift in daily rhythm.
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM, noun. The "internal body clock" that regulates the (roughly) 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.
CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, noun. Plural of circadian rhythm

Dictionary definition

CIRCADIAN, adjective. Of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals; "circadian rhythms".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats