English Explanatory Dictionary

metabolic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to metabolism.
  2. Of or pertaining to metamorphosis.
  3. Pertaining to or involving change.
noun
  1. A nutritional supplement.

Pronunciation

/mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-metabolic.wav

Word forms

metabolic metabolics

Etymology

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

Related words

metabolize metabolism

Derived words

ametabolic antimetabolic basal metabolic rate bradymetabolic cardiometabolic cerebrometabolic chronometabolic cometabolic dismetabolic dysmetabolic endocrinometabolic endometabolic exometabolic genometabolic glucometabolic glycometabolic hemimetabolic heterometabolic high anion gap metabolic acidosis holometabolic hypermetabolic hypometabolic immunometabolic isometabolic lipometabolic macrometabolic mechanometabolic metabolical metabolically metabolic pathway metabolic rate metabolics metabolic syndrome metaboreceptor metametabolic neurometabolic nonmetabolic normometabolic oncometabolic osteometabolic photometabolic phylometabolic physiometabolic plurimetabolic proteometabolic protometabolic psychometabolic radiometabolic reprometabolic saccharometabolic submetabolic tachymetabolic thermometabolic vasculometabolic
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