Free online searchable
2009 ICD-9-CM
Diseases and Injuries
>> Tabular
Index
>> Alphabetic
Index
Procedures
>> Tabular
Index
>>
Alphabetic Index
Appendices
>> Drugs
/ Chemicals
>> External Causes
Other Resources
>> HCPCS Alpha
>> Medical
Dictionary
>> Drug Directory
Tips
Contribute
| Basal Metabolism Metabolism, Basal | 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. | |
| The National Library of Medicine (terms and conditions) | |