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BMR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does BMR mean?
• BMR (noun)
The noun BMR has 1 sense:
1. the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state
Familiarity information: BMR 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 ("BMR" is a kind of...):
metabolic rate (rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period)
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