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basal metabolism

NOUN
minimum energy requirement
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Intuition might whisper that a brisk resting heart rate would also correlate with an increased basal metabolism, but that isn’t the case.

From Scientific American Jun. 14, 2023

The relationship between basal metabolism and weight is complicated, however, Pontzer says.

From Scientific American Jun. 14, 2023

Its hormones regulate basal metabolism, oxygen use, nutrient metabolism, the production of ATP, and calcium homeostasis.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

In it will be still more modern equipment, notably diathermy and basal metabolism machines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Graham, quoted on minimal cost of food, 190–194; experiments by, to ascertain basal metabolism of body, 196.

From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Fisher, Irving



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