heart rate

noun

: the rate at which the heart beats
Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate.

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Wearable devices like continuous glucose monitors or heart rate variability trackers provide valuable data about how your body responds to different inputs. Jon Bier, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024 For instance, heart rate or EKG readings, now available with greater fidelity by wearables, might point to anxiety around particular stimuli, or reflexive physiological responses to certain situations. Sharief Taraman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 My systems are finely tuned, my heart rate is slightly raised, and my senses are on high alert. Rm Clark, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024 Users may experience nausea, dizziness, and elevated heart rate. Lydia Kariuki, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heart rate 

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“Heart rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20rate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

heart rate

noun
: a measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as number of beats per minute see maximum heart rate

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