respiratory rate

English Thesaurus

1. the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health (noun.time)

hypernym	:	vital sign,
definition	:	sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition (noun.state)

hypernym	:	rate,
definition	:	a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit (noun.time)