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basal metabolic rates

basal metabolic rates is the plural of basal metabolic rate.

Meaning of basal metabolic rate

Noun

basal metabolic rate (plural basal metabolic rates)

  1. The amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state.

Questions about basal metabolic rates

What is basal metabolic rates the plural of?
Basal metabolic rates is the plural of basal metabolic rate.

Words near basal metabolic rates in the dictionary

  1. basal layer
  2. basal layers
  3. basal media
  4. basal medium
  5. basal metabolic rate
  6. basal metabolic rates
  7. basal tomenta
  8. basal tomentum
  9. basal tubercle
  10. basal tubercles
  11. basal wall

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