heart rate

noun

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

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Following deep sleep, REM sleep is the next critical phase of sleep cycles, characterized by more dreaming that’s also extra vivid and lifelike, and by faster heart rate and breathing. Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 June 2025 The Withings Body Scan will give Dad detailed insights into his body mass index (BMI), heart rate and nerve health. Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025 Strangely, the scale’s heart rate measurement is regularly skewed about 10 beats per minute too fast. Christopher Null, Wired News, 4 June 2025 The alkaloid, called atropine, is administered to increase heart rate, reduce saliva and fluid in the respiratory tract during surgery, and treat insecticide or mushroom poisoning. Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for heart rate

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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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