HEART RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heart rate mean? 

• HEART RATE (noun)
  The noun HEART RATE has 1 sense:

1. the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEART RATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

heart rate; pulse; pulse rate

Hypernyms ("heart rate" is a kind of...):

vital sign (sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition)

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heart rate"):

femoral pulse (pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin))

radial pulse (pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist))

 Context examples 

The adrenal glands make hormones that control heart rate, blood pressure, and other important body functions.

(Adrenal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

They also raise blood pressure and increase heart rate and breathing rate.

(CNS stimulant, NCI Dictionary)

Central nervous system stimulants also raise blood pressure and increase heart rate and breathing rate.

(Central nervous system stimulant, NCI Dictionary)

A baseline fetal heart rate with an undetectable amplitude range.

(Absent Fetal Heart Rate Variability, NCI Thesaurus)

The maximum time between successive cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the heart rate.

(Minimum Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of abnormally slow heart rate.

(Bradycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

These hormones help control heart rate, blood pressure, and other important body functions.

(Adrenal gland, NCI Dictionary)

Physical activity that increases the heart rate and the body’s use of oxygen.

(Aerobic exercise, NCI Dictionary)

The reduction in sympathetic outflow, leads to decreased peripheral vascular resistance, decreased blood pressure, and decreased heart rate.

(Clonidine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also used to increase heart rate, reduce secretions, and treat the effects of certain poisons.

(Atropine sulfate, NCI Dictionary)