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metabolic process |
metabolic rate |
metabolically |
metabolise |
metabolisis |
Metabolism
| metabolite
| metabolize
| metabolous
| metabranchial
| metacarpal
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Metabolism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Metabolism has 2 senses
- metabolism(n = noun.process) metamorphosis - the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals; Array has particulars: hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly, hemimetamorphosis, heterometabolism, heterometaboly, holometabolism, holometaboly
- metabolism(n = noun.process) metabolic process - the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life; Array has particulars: cellular respiration, internal respiration, respiration, basal metabolism, fat metabolism, glycolysis
is a kind of biological process, organic process
Derived forms adjective metabolic2, adjective metabolous1
has parts: anabolism, constructive metabolism, catabolism, destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism, citric acid cycle, krebs citric acid cycle, krebs cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle
is a kind of biological process, organic process
Derived forms adjective metabolic1, verb metabolize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Metabolism, n.
- The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive enzymes. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (
anabolism ), or destructive (catabolism ). [1913 Webster] - The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Metabolism, n. all the chemical processes that occur within a living organism, resulting in energy production (destructive metabolism) and growth (constructive metabolism).
Derivative
metabolic adj. metabolically adv.
Etymology
Gk metabole change (as META-, bole f. ballo throw)
THESAURUS
Metabolism
assimilation, avatar, basal metabolism, catabolism, catalysis, consubstantiation, displacement, heterotopia, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form, mutation, permutation, reincarnation, sport, transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transformism, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transposition, transubstantiationROGET THESAURUS
Metabolism
Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.
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