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Definition of Basal metabolic rate
1. Noun. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
Definition of Basal metabolic rate
1. Noun. (physiology) The amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state. ¹
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Medical Definition of Basal metabolic rate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Basal Metabolic Rate
Literary usage of Basal metabolic rate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"In all the groups the pulse-rate is higher in women than in men, in spite of the
fact that the basal metabolic rate is higher in the latter. ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"The determination of the basal metabolic rate finds its widest field of ...
When the thyroid gland is overactive an increased basal metabolic rate is ..."
3. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1921)
"Recently the effect of the thyroid on the basal metabolic rate has been more and
more investigated ; and the far- reaching results of the ..."
4. Clinical Medicine; Tuesday Clinics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1922)
"I shall pass around an article by Irene Sandiford, published in Endocrinology;
it deals with the basal metabolic rate in exophthalmic goiter and gives a ..."
5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1919)
"If the basal metabolic rate of an individual of this weight is 30 per cent, below
normal, the administration of 10 mg. will raise the metabolic rate to ..."
6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"In general, the problem I am working on now consists in determining basal metabolic
rate in normal pregnant women in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy and then ..."
7. The Thyroid Gland by Cleveland Clinic Foundation, George Washington Crile, Amy Farley Rowland (1922)
"All the cases of leukemia in our series have shown a definite increase up to 50
per cent. above the normal basal metabolic rate. Diabetes Mellitus. ..."
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