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BASAL METABOLIC RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basal metabolic rate mean? 

BASAL METABOLIC RATE (noun)
  The noun BASAL METABOLIC RATE has 1 sense:

1. the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting stateplay

  Familiarity information: BASAL METABOLIC RATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASAL METABOLIC RATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

basal metabolic rate; BMR

Hypernyms ("basal metabolic rate" is a kind of...):

metabolic rate (rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period)


 Context examples 


A disorder characterized by complete absence of subcutaneous adipose tissue, insulin-resistant diabetes with little tendency to ketoacidosis, hyperlipidemia with subcutaneous xanthomatosis, hepatomegaly, and an elevated basal metabolic rate.

(Lipoatrophic Diabetes Mellitus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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