Definition of 'body clock'

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body clock

Word forms: plural body clocks

countable noun [usually singular]

Your body clock is the internal biological mechanism which causes your body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day.

Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.

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body clock in British

(ˈbɒdɪ klɒk)

noun

an internal biological mechanism which causes the body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day

Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.

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body clock in American

biological clock

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Our lives are governed by body clocks inside our major organs, which we ignore at our peril. Times, Sunday Times (2009)

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Used Rarely. body clock is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of body clock from the Collins English Dictionary

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