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metabolic

me·ta·bo·lic

UK/mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/ US/ˌmɛtʌˈbɑlɪk/ uncommon informal obsolete rare

adjective

1.

of or relating to metabolism

  • “metabolic rate”
2.

undergoing metamorphosis

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Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός (metabolikós), from μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ικός (-ikós), thus by surface analysis, metabola + -ic. Compare metabolism.

Phrases

  • basal metabolic rate
  • high anion gap metabolic acidosis
  • metabolic pathway
  • metabolic rate
  • metabolic syndrome
  • polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome

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