basal metabolic rate
121pheochromocytoma — /fee oh kroh moh suy toh meuh/, n., pl. pheochromocytomas, pheochromocytomata / meuh teuh/. Pathol. a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system or adrenal medulla, that produces excess norepinephrine and epinephrine and causes hypertension,… …
122fluoridation of water — Addition of fluoride compounds to water (see fluorine) at one part per million to reduce dental caries (cavities). This practice is based on the lower rates of caries seen in areas with moderate natural fluoridation of water and on studies… …
123Golden mouse — Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] …
124Douglas bag — Doug·las bag dəg ləs .bag n an inflatable bag used to collect expired air for the determination of oxygen consumption and basal metabolic rate Douglas Claude Gordon (1882 1963) British physiologist. From his laboratory at Oxford, Douglas… …
125Luft disease — a hypermetabolic disorder of striated muscle caused by an abnormal quantity and type of mitochondria producing excessive cellular respiration; it is characterized by profuse perspiration, asthenia, progressive weakness, and an abnormally… …
126total lipodystrophy — a rare, autosomal recessive disorder seen mainly in infant girls, characterized by generalized loss of subcutaneous and extracutaneous adipose tissue with hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia and insulin resistant nonketotic diabetes, hyperlipemia,… …
127Bradbury-Eggleston syndrome — a syndrome of dysautonomia with orthostatic hypotension, visual disturbances, hypohidrosis, impotence, lowered basal metabolic rate, dizziness, syncope, presyncope, and a slow, unchanging pulse. It occurs predominantly in older males in the early …
128BMR — abbr. med. basal metabolic rate – уровень основного обмена …
