PULSE RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulse rate mean? 

• PULSE RATE (noun)
  The noun PULSE RATE has 1 sense:

1. the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

  Familiarity information: PULSE RATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULSE RATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

heart rate; pulse; pulse rate

Hypernyms ("pulse rate" is a kind of...):

vital sign (sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition)

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pulse rate"):

femoral pulse (pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin))

radial pulse (pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist))

 Context examples 

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) Resting pulse rate.

(COWS - Resting Pulse Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

These areas are breathing, muscle tone, pulse rate, reflex irritability and skin color.

(Apgar Score, NCI Thesaurus)

The test is administered at one and five minutes after birth and allows for the assignation of numerical values between zero and two for specific observations regarding skin color, pulse rate, reflex irritability, muscle tone and breathing.

(Apgar Test, NCI Thesaurus)