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sleepwake cycle

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sleep-wake cycle

[sleep-weyk]
–noun
Physiology. the species-specific biological pattern of alternating sleep and wakefulness, in humans roughly 8 hours of nocturnal sleep and 16 hours of daytime activity.
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