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pulse rate

American  

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.


Etymology

Origin of pulse rate

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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Pulse rate and blood pressure fall and body temperature drops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pulse rate, blood pressure, lung capacity, breath rate and strength, reflexes, urine, eyesight and hearing, all get a quick but thorough going-over.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pulse rate is modified with age, rest, exercise, position, excitements, and elevation.

From Camping For Boys by Gibson, Henry William

Pulse rate for the four averaged 38 per minute while at rest but increased to 44 per minute after voluntarily crawling.

From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Burkett, Ray D.

Pulse rate 64; full, round, but appears to have a pendulum motion or twitch.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock