heart rate

noun

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

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Using a regular deep breathing routine can reduce your anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate while improving your overall mental health. Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Delta-8 was found to also have significantly lower cognitive impairment, negative subjective effects and impact on heart rate. Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2025 The Oura Ring uses infrared and LED light to track biometrics, including heart rate, and provides daily scores for sleep, activity, and readiness. Isabelle Ellingson, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025 As the body adapts, heart rate and blood pressure decrease, while the body enters a parasympathetic state of rest and digestion. Irene Coltrinari, Vogue, 18 Apr. 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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