Diurnal Rhythm

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diurnal rhythm

Etymology: L, diurnalis, of a day; Gk, rhythmos

patterns of activity or behavior that follow day-night cycles, such as breakfast-lunch-dinner schedules.

Circadian Rhythm

An innate, daily fluctuation of physiologic and behavioural functions—e.g., sleep, waking—generally tied to the 24-hour day-night cycle; the diurnal cadence in humans without cyclical cues provided by natural light is 25.4 hours; circadian rhythm affects drug metabolism, serum levels of various substances—e.g., ACTH—physiologic activities—e.g., blood pressure, myocardial blood flow and O2 demand—psychosomatic disease and sleep cycles, cell division, haematopoiesis, and NK cell activity

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