biorhythm

English

Etymology

First coined 1960, from bio- +‎ rhythm

Noun

biorhythm (plural biorhythms)

(biology) Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
(pseudoscience) Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person's birthdate as origin, that are claimed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.

Translations

biological pattern

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: biorytmus m
Finnish: biorytmi
Hungarian: bioritmus (hu)
Ido: bioritmo (io)
Indonesian: bioritme (id)
Italian: bioritmo (it) m
Polish: biorytm m
Portuguese: biorritmo m

pseudoscience

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: biorytmi
Hungarian: bioritmus (hu)
Ido: bioritmo (io)
Polish: biorytm
Portuguese: biorritmo m

See also

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