Biological Clock Definition

bīə-lŏjĭ-kəl
noun
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.
Webster's New World
An internal mechanism in organisms that controls the periodicity of various functions or activities, such as metabolic changes, sleep cycles, or photosynthesis.
American Heritage Medicine
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.
American Heritage Medicine
The capacity to be fertile, especially in such a woman.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) Any of several mechanisms that regulate the periodicity of biological functions.

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Other Word Forms of Biological Clock

Noun

Singular:
biological clock
Plural:
biological-clocks

Biological Clock Sentence Examples

  • Scared that her biological clock is going tick tick tick boom.

  • Hmmm, do we hear someone's male biological clock ticking?

  • It regulates your biological clock and sleep-wake cycle.

  • Do I feel pressured into a choice by my biological clock?

  • The female biological clock is still geared towards an ancient rhythm of life, where life expectancy was half of what it is now and women began having babies only a few years after their first menstrual cycles.

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