metabolic
metabolic
Definition
meta·bolic (met′ə bäl′ik)
adjective
of, involving, characterized by, or resulting from metabolism
Etymology: Gr metabolikos
metabolic
Usage Examples
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- then: If there is a breakdown in normal regulation then metabolic disorders occur.
Modifies a noun
- acidosis: There are a number of potential causes for the metabolic acidosis.
- syndrome: The women who had no signs of metabolic syndrome lost a similar amount of weight using either dietary approach.
- pathway: An important part is the chart showing the " Metabolic pathways of the diseased potato " .
- alkalosis: The loss of a combination of alkaline intestinal secretions and acidic gastric secretions prevents the development of a metabolic alkalosis.
- activation: Mouse lymphoma assays in the presence of exogenous metabolic activation also gave positive results in the form of small colonies.
- abnormality: Her metabolic abnormality was purely incidental, detected on " blind routine biochemistry " .
Used with adjective complement
- include: The mechanism of hepatic dysfunction in unknown but several theories exists, including metabolic, hepatic oxygen deprivation and immunological.
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