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metabolic rate

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 255 words | Copyright

metabolic rate The rate at which energy is used as an organism carries out its metabolism. The metabolic rate is usually measured by the oxygen consumption of the organism, and calibrated using either the basal metabolic rate or a standard metabolic rate.

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