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chronobiologist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor. English chrono- English biologist English chronobiologist From chrono- + biologist.

Meanings

1. A person who is involved in chronobiology.
   • This has been known for centuries, but it was only twenty years ago that the site of the biological clock (or, as chronobiologists usually call it, our circadian pacemaker) was identified. 1992, Jeffrey A. Fisher, Our Medical Future, page 87:
   • In the view of chronobiologists, individual biological rhythms are always regulated in a similar manner. 2007, Gunter Klein, Farewell to the Internal Clock: A Contribution in the Field of Chronobiology, page 27:
   • A chronobiologist studies the cycles in human organisms and what is communicated by these cycles.[…]A medical chronobiologist studies life cycles in an effort to improve diagnostic and treatment procedures. 2013, Donald B. Egolf, Sondra L. Chester, The Nonverbal Factor: Exploring the Other Side of Communication, page 270:

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Translations (4)

de Chronobiologin (person involved in chronobiology) · fi kronobiologi (person involved in chronobiology) · de Chronobiologe (person involved in chronobiology) · pt cronobiólogo (person involved in chronobiology)