Basal metabolic rate

Basal metabolic rate
A measure of the rate of metabolism. For example, someone with an overly active thyroid will have an elevated basal metabolic rate.

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basal metabolic rate n the rate at which heat is given off by an organism at complete rest

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an expression of the rate at which oxygen is utilized by the body cells, or the calculated equivalent heat production by the body, in a fasting subject at complete rest. Abbreviated BMR. See also basal metabolism, under metabolism.

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