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BASAL METABOLISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basal metabolism mean?
• BASAL METABOLISM (noun)
The noun BASAL METABOLISM has 1 sense:
1. the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
Familiarity information: BASAL METABOLISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("basal metabolism" is a kind of...):
metabolic process; metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)
Context examples
A condition due to congenital lack of thyroid hormone, marked by arrested physical and mental development, dystrophy of the bones and soft parts, and lowered basal metabolism.
(Congenital Hypothyroidism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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