METABOLIC RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metabolic rate mean? 

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

1. rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• METABOLIC RATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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

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

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

basal metabolic rate; BMR (the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state)

 Context examples 

A quantification method to determine metabolic rate.

(Metabolic Rate Quantification, NCI Thesaurus)

Overactivity of the thyroid gland resulting in overproduction of thyroid hormone and increased metabolic rate.

(Hyperthyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

Besides measuring weight and waist circumference, the researchers monitored all participants’ insulin and blood sugar levels, resting metabolic rates (energy expenditures while sedentary), and adherence to the whole-grain diets using specialized tests.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

That means expending minimal amounts of energy through a reduced metabolic rate, dramatic regulation of body temperature, and navigating the world in slow motion.

(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)

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)

A highly vascular endocrine gland consisting of two lobes, one on either side of the trachea, joined by a narrow isthmus; it produces the thyroid hormones which are concerned in regulating the metabolic rate of the body.

(Murine Thyroid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The symptoms are related to the increased metabolic rate and include weight loss, fatigue, heat intolerance, excessive sweating, diarrhea, tachycardia, insomnia, muscle weakness, and tremor.

(Hyperthyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

Her team attributes the lost calories in the whole-grain group primarily to increased metabolic rate and increased fecal energy losses.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Tree sloths require specialized limb adaptations, reduced body mass, a slow metabolic rate and claws that act like fulcrums — hooks to accommodate the animals' need to hang onto and traverse treetops.

(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)