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maximum heart rate

noun

Medical Definition of MAXIMUM HEART RATE

:  the age-related number of beats per minute of the heart when working at its maximum that is usually estimated as 220 minus one's age <reached 90 percent of his maximum heart rate when tested on a treadmill>

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