RESPIRATORY RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does respiratory rate mean? 

• RESPIRATORY RATE (noun)
  The noun RESPIRATORY RATE 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: RESPIRATORY RATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPIRATORY RATE (noun)

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 ("respiratory 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)

 Context examples 

Measurements may also be indirect, by such assessments as respiratory rate and effort, withdrawal, guarding, or other appropriate assessment techniques.

(Pain Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in an increased tidal volume and a slightly increased respiratory rate.

(Doxapram Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The test name given to the test that analyzes a particular set of vital signs including temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood pressure.

(CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Terminology by Name, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The test code given to the test that analyzes a particular set of vital signs including temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood pressure.

(CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Terminology by Code, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Physiologic responses can include bradycardia, tachycardia, vasoconstriction, CNS excitablility, increased respiratory rate, increased blood pressure, increased blood flow to muscles, decreased blood flow to skin and inner organs, and release of glucose by the liver.

(Caffeine, NCI Thesaurus)