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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 state
Familiarity information: BASAL METABOLIC RATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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