"semicircadian" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2022 December 4, Wikipedia contributors, “Circasemidian rhythm”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:",
          "text": "In chronobiology, a circasemidian rhythm is a physiological arousal cycle that peaks twice in a 24-hour day. It may also be called the semicircadian rhythm .",
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          "ref": "2020 August 12, Nira Ben-Jonathan, Dopamine: Endocrine and Oncogenic Functions, CRC Press, pages 88-89:",
          "text": "During early pregnancy, PRL secretion occurs in a semi-circadian rhythm, characterized by a large nocutrnal surge and a slightly smaller diurnal surge.",
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          "ref": "2005 August 18, Adalberto Luis Val, Vera Maria Fonseca de Almeida e Val, David J. Randall, Fish Physiology: The Physiology of Tropical Fishes, Elsevie, page 120:",
          "text": "… individuals from a rocky shore with a rhythmic tidal pattern and a large tidal range exhibited a semicircadian activity rhythm (period around 12h), but no such rhythm was detected for fish from a rocky shore with an irregular tidal pattern and a small tide range.",
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        "Occurring twice in a 24 hour period."
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          "text": "In chronobiology, a circasemidian rhythm is a physiological arousal cycle that peaks twice in a 24-hour day. It may also be called the semicircadian rhythm .",
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