The number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually per minute. The heart rate is based on the number of contractions of the ventricles (the lower chambers of the heart). The heart rate may be too fast (tachycardia) or too slow (bradycardia). The pulse is a bulge of an artery from waves of blood that course through the blood vessels each time the he [..]

In medicine, the number of times the heart beats within a certain time period, usually a minute. The heart rate can be felt at the wrist, side of the neck, back of the knees, top of the foot, groin, a [..]

The number of heart beats per minute

The number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually per minute. The heart rate ...

Number of contractions of the heart in one minute.

The number of times the heart contracts in a minute, normally 60–100 times.

Heart rate refers to the rate at which your heart beats expressed in beats/minute (BPM).  A normal heart rate varies with age and also daily acitivities such as exercise.

(abbrev. HR) The speed of the beating heart measured in beats per minute. A number of acoustical factors are known to influence the heart rate of listeners. Sounds that are associated with fear or concern tend to produce an increase in heart rate. Sounds that command our attention tend to evoke a momentary decrease in heart rate, followed by a brie [..]

The number of Times the Heart Ventricles Contract per unit of Time, usually per minute.

The Heart Rate of the Fetus. The normal range at term is between 120 and 160 beats per minute.

The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute.

The heart rate of the FETUS. The normal range at term is between 120 and 160 beats per minute.

The number of heart beats per unit of time, usually expressed as beats per minute.

The pulse, figured by counting the number of contractions of the heart per unit of time. Tachycardia is a heart rate of more than100 beats per minute; bradycardia is a heart rate of fewer than 60 beats per minute.

The number of times the heart beats in a minute. Also called pulse.

The number of times your heart beats in a minute.