heart rate

noun

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

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These devices continuously track health metrics like heart rate, blood glucose levels and oxygen saturation, providing patients and providers with real-time data. Rahul Saluja, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 Do things that raise your heart rate, are weight bearing and provide resistance training to continue to build healthy bones. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Dec. 2024 But the available research indicates that dynamic stretching improves range of motion and increases your heart rate, which better prepares your muscles for action. Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 13 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 2 Jan. 2025.

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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