cycle

cycle definition - medical

cy·cle (sīˈkəl)

noun
  1. An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs.
  2. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
  3. A periodically repeated sequence of events.

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