WordNet
n. the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
Usage examples of "basal metabolism".
They have a higher-than-ordinary basal metabolism rate (they burn their food faster), which enables them to keep their blood temperature at a tolerable level despite the cold.
I am monitoring your heartbeat, blood pressure and basal metabolism rate on a small device I have with me-“.
It adjusted the basal metabolism to allow humans any level of calorie intake.
Meanwhile, Ive some basal metabolism tests in progress, and its getting late.
Indeed, being cold blooded, with a very low basal metabolism, she could almost survive without food, simply by lying quietly in the sun.
Meanwhile, I've some basal metabolism tests in progress, and it's getting late.
We've tested basal metabolism rates, and they have increased, not much but some.
The place, was air conditioned, based on the basal metabolism of oxygen breathers.
This is hardly more than a small portable lab, equipped with the more modern diagnostic aids, surgical instruments, machines to analyse basal metabolism, and samples of a wide variety of medications.
This is hardly more than a small portable lab, equipped with the more modern diagnostic aids, surgical instruments, machines to analyze basal metabolism, and samples of a wide variety of medications.
The most Remo could do was to lower his heartrate and will his body into a simulation of basal metabolism.
When she first came three days ago I took her down to my doctor, and he gave her a basal metabolism test.
It grew, remarkably, and its basal metabolism was so high that its scaly body emitted perceptable heat.