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Biological Clock

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Noun

1. biological clock

an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions

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Biological Clock

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noun
1. 
an inherent periodicity in the physiological processes of living organisms that is not dependent on the periodicity of external factors
2. 
the hypothetical mechanism responsible for this periodicity

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Biological Clock

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1. 
any of the various natural cycles in organisms that are related to the tides, sun, moon, light, temperature, etc. and that control breeding, feeding, migration, etc.
2.  Informal
a person's life cycle; specif., the period of human fertility
her biological clock was ticking away

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Biological Clock

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n.
1. An internal mechanism in organisms that controls the periodicity of various functions or activities, such as metabolic changes, sleep cycles, or photosynthesis.
2.
a. The time period during which a person who desires to have a biological child, especially a woman approaching the decline of reproductive capability, is still able to do so.
b. The capacity to be fertile, especially in such a woman: She was eager to have a child before her biological clock stopped working.

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