Biological clock
WordNet
noun
(1) An innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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.