heart rate

noun

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

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Elevated resting heart rate, persistent fatigue, mood changes, brain fog, declining performance, more frequent illness, loss of appetite, recurring injuries, severe soreness, and sleep disturbances can all signal that your body needs a break. Danielle Zickl, Health, 20 Dec. 2025 Average resting heart rate dropped from 61 to 53 beats per minute in the runners, and from 65 to 55 in the cyclists. Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025 Liam — who had a high fever of 102° and an elevated heart rate — tested negative for RSV, the flu, and Covid-19, but his condition quickly began to decline. Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025 What is a healthy resting heart rate? Daryl Austin, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025 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 23 Dec. 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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