heart rate
Definition of heart rate
: the rate at which the heart beats Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate.
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: a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood
: a structure in an invertebrate animal functionally analogous to the vertebrate heart
: breast, bosom
: love
: hearten
: to fix in the heart
: to rebuke angrily or violently
: to drive away by scolding
: to voice angry reprimands
: reckoned value : valuation
: estimation
: a fixed quantity
: allot
: to set an estimate on : value, esteem
: to determine or assign the relative rank or class of : grade
Medical Dictionary
heart rate
Medical Definition of heart rate
: a measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as number of beats per minute—see maximum heart rate
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