Meaning of METABOLISM
| Pronunciation: | | mu'tabu`lizum
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- [n] the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
- [n] the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
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| | Synonyms: | | metabolic process, metamorphosis, metastasis |
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| | See Also: | | anabolism, basal metabolic rate, basal metabolism, biological process, BMR, catabolism, cellular respiration, citric acid cycle, constructive metabolism, destructive metabolism, dissimilation, fat metabolism, glycolysis, internal respiration, katabolism, Krebs citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle, organic process, respiration, tricarboxylic acid cycle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Me*tab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.)
The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up
and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive
material brought to them by the blood, or by which they
transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances,
which are fitted either for excretion or for some special
purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments.
Hence, metabolism may be either constructive ({anabolism}),
or destructive ({katabolism}).
\Me*tab"o*lism\, n. (Biol.)
The series of chemical changes which take place in an
organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized
and waste materials are eliminated.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The total of all chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism. These changes produce energy and basic materials needed for important life processes. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The sum of all of the enzyme-catalyzed reactions in living cells that transform organic molecules. |
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| | Definition: | | The biochemical processes that sustain a living cell or organism. |
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| | Related Terms: | | assimilation, avatar, basal metabolism, catabolism, catalysis, consubstantiation, displacement, heterotopia, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form, mutation, permutation, reincarnation, sport, transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transformism, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transposition, transubstantiation |
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