Basal Metabolism |
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| Basal Metabolic Rate; Metabolic Rate, Basal; Basal Metabolic Rates; Metabolic Rates, Basal; Rate, Basal Metabolic; Rates, Basal Metabolic | |
| Heat production, or its measurement, of an organism at the lowest level of cell chemistry in an inactive, awake, fasting state. It may be determined directly by means of a calorimeter or indirectly by calculating the heat production from an analysis of the end products of oxidation within the organism or from the amount of oxygen utilized. | |