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metabolize
me·tab·o·lize [ mə tábbə lz ] (past and past participle me·tab·o·lized, present participle me·tab·o·liz·ing, 3rd person present singular me·tab·o·liz·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
subject something to metabolism: to subject something to metabolism, or undergo metabolism
[Late 19th century. < Greek metabolē (see metabolism)]

me·tab·o·liz·a·ble adjective
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