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Synonyms for basal metabolism
| Grammar : Noun |
Définition of basal metabolism
- noun minimum energy requirement
- It has been found by DuBois that the basal metabolism in boys of twelve is 25 per cent.
- Extract from : « Food in War Time » by Graham Lusk
- Benedict and Emmes have shown by very careful measurements that the basal metabolism of men is about 6% higher than that of women.
- Extract from : « Taboo and Genetics » by Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
- This measurement represents the basal metabolism of a man at complete rest, when his oxidative activities are at their lowest ebb.
- Extract from : « Food in War Time » by Graham Lusk
- To use this table one may seek the basal metabolism of the individual, add 10 per cent.
- Extract from : « Food in War Time » by Graham Lusk
- Ratios of measured to predicted values were used for basal metabolism (Hbr) and minimum wet thermal conductance (Cmwr).
- Extract from : « Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae » by John N. Mugaas
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