biological clock

English

Noun

biological clock (plural biological clocks)

(biology) Any of several mechanisms that regulate the periodicity of biological functions.
The progression from puberty to menopause during which a woman can bear children.

Quotations

2005 US Department of Health - Your guide to healthy sleep
Your biological clock is actually a tiny bundle of cells in your brain that responds to light signals received through your eyes.
1994 Rugh Winter, Bonnie Eaker-Weil - Adultery, the Forgivable Sin
Take Linda, a thirty-nine-year-old newscaster who relished her career but began to hear the alarm ringing on her biological clock.

Synonyms

body clock

Translations

mechanism

Chinese:
Mandarin: 生物鐘／生物钟 (zh) (shēngwùzhōng)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: biologinen kello
French: horloge biologique (fr) f
Portuguese: relógio biológico m
Turkish: biyolojik saat

progression from puberty to menopause

Chinese:
Mandarin: 生物鐘／生物钟 (zh) (shēngwùzhōng)
Danish: biologisk ur n
Finnish: hedelmällinen ikä
French: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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