Metabolism Definition

mĭ-tăbə-lĭzəm
noun
The chemical and physical processes continuously going on in living organisms and cells, consisting of anabolism and catabolism.
Webster's New World
The processing of a specific substance within a living cell or organism.
Iodine metabolism.
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Noun

Singular:
metabolism
Plural:
metabolisms

Origin of Metabolism

  • From Greek metabolē change from metaballein to change meta- meta- ballein to throw gwelə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolÄ“, “change"), from μετά (meta, “meta-") + βάλλω (ballō, “I throw").

    From Wiktionary

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