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metabolic

  • adjective
  • /mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/

Of or pertaining to metabolism.

Example

“metabolic activity”

Other meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to metamorphosis.

  2. Pertaining to or involving change.

Related words

  • cerebrometabolic
  • endocrinometabolic
  • isometabolic
  • metaboreceptor
  • metametabolic
  • oncometabolic
  • physiometabolic
  • proteometabolic
  • psychometabolic
  • reprometabolic
  • submetabolic
  • tachymetabolic

Word history

From Ancient Greek "μεταβολικός".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “metabolic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.