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Term:
dark phase of controlled light/dark cycle (XCO:0000463)
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dark phase of controlled light/dark cycle 
The portion of a controlled light/dark cycle in which the subject is not being exposed to ambient light (that is, during which the room is darkened). A controlled light/dark cycle is a recurring series of conditions in which an organism experiences successive periods of exposure to controlled ambient light followed by exposure to darkness, the lack of such light, which is in turn followed by exposure to controlled ambient light and so forth.
light phase of controlled light/dark cycle 
reversed light/dark cycle 

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Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, ISBN:978-1416049982

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