PERIODICITY
\pˌi͡əɹɪˌɒdˈɪsɪti], \pˌiəɹɪˌɒdˈɪsɪti], \p_ˌiə_ɹ_ɪ__ˌɒ_d_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of PERIODICITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian).
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The tendency to recurrence at regular intervals; in obstetrics, the disposition, during the course of pregnancy, to uterine contractions at times corresponding to the normal menstrual periods.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Same etymon. The aptitude of certain physiological and pathological phenomena, in health or disease, to recur at particular periods, after longer or shorter intervals, during which they cease completely. Diseases, thus recurring, are called periodical or rhythmical- Typoses.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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