biorhythm

biorhythm
biorhythmic, adj.biorhythmicity /buy'oh ridh mis"i tee/, n.biorhythmist, biorhythmicist, n.
/buy"oh ridh'euhm/, n.
Physiol. an innate periodicity in an organism's physiological processes, as sleep and wake cycles.
[1960-65; BIO- + RHYTHM]

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