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metabolize
me·tab·o·lize
[
mə tábbə lz
]
(
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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me·tab·o·liz·a·ble adjective
