Pulse rate: Difference between revisions
(CSV import) |
(CSV import) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Definitions | {{Definitions | ||
|Term=pulse rate | |Term=pulse rate | ||
|Short definition= | |Short definition=pulse rate (hard beam) In medicine, the number of heartbeats in a given period of time, usually one minute. Heart rate can be felt in the wrist, neck, behind the knees, back of the foot, groin, and other parts of the body where an artery is close to the skin. | ||
|Type=Cancer terms | |Type=Cancer terms | ||
|Specialty=Oncology | |Specialty=Oncology | ||
Latest revision as of 19:04, 11 January 2023
| Pulse rate | |
|---|---|
| Term | Pulse rate |
| Short definition | pulse rate (hard beam) In medicine, the number of heartbeats in a given period of time, usually one minute. Heart rate can be felt in the wrist, neck, behind the knees, back of the foot, groin, and other parts of the body where an artery is close to the skin. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
pulse rate - (pronounced) (hard beam) In medicine, the number of heartbeats in a given period of time, usually one minute. Heart rate can be felt in the wrist, neck, behind the knees, back of the foot, groin, and other parts of the body where an artery is close to the skin. The resting heart rate is typically between 60 and 100 beats per minute in a healthy resting adult. Measuring heart rate gives important information about a person's health. Also called pulse
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Pulse rate
- Wikipedia's article - Pulse rate
This MedicineGPT article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski