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light cycle
light cy·cle
Definitions related to light cycle:
  • The amount of ambient light/darkness to which a subject is exposed in a period of time.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The period of light that a subject is exposed to in a period of time, usually expressed as the amount of time in a 24 hour cycle.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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