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| me·tab·o·lism [ mə tábbə lìzzəm ] |
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1. life-sustaining chemical activity: the series of processes by which food is converted into the energy and products needed to sustain life
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2. chemical activity involving particular substance: the biochemical activity of a particular substance in a living organism
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| [Late 19th century. < Greek metabolē "change" < metaballein "throw differently" < ballein "to throw"] |
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