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RATE OF RESPIRATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rate of respiration mean?
• RATE OF RESPIRATION (noun)
The noun RATE OF RESPIRATION has 1 sense:
1. the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
Familiarity information: RATE OF RESPIRATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
rate of respiration; respiratory rate
Hypernyms ("rate of respiration" 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)
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