BASAL METABOLISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("basal metabolism" is a kind of...):

metabolic process; metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

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