pulse rate
nounMedicine/Medical.
the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.
Origin of pulse rate
1First recorded in 1875–80
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How to use pulse rate in a sentence
His pulse rate was now in the neighborhood of ten per second, which is a pretty good increase.
Old Friends Are the Best | Jack SharkeyThe pulse-rate of early infancy varies from 100 to 120, and is very easily hurried.
With a diurnal temperature successively less elevated above the normal standard there is a corresponding fall of the pulse-rate.
I slipped my clinical thermometer into his armpit and counted his pulse rate.
The Mystery of Cloomber | Arthur Conan DoyleThere is fever and acceleration of pulse rate and respirations.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle | U.S. Department of Agriculture
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