chronobiologist

English

Etymology

chrono- +‎ biologist

Noun

chronobiologist (plural chronobiologists)

  1. A person who is involved in chronobiology.
    • 1992, Jeffrey A. Fisher, Our Medical Future‎, page 87:
      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.
    • 2007, Gunter Klein, Farewell to the Internal Clock: A Contribution in the Field of Chronobiology‎, page 27:
      In the view of chronobiologists, individual biological rhythms are always regulated in a similar manner.
    • 2013, Donald B. Egolf, Sondra L. Chester, The Nonverbal Factor: Exploring the Other Side of Communication, page 270:
      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.

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