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metabolic

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1845 in biological sense, from German metabolisch (1839), from Greek metabolikos "changeable," from metabole "a change, changing, a transition" (see metabolism ). Used earlier in a general sense of "involving change" (1743). Related: Metabolically .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change. 2 Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES metabolic rate (= the rate at which the body changes food into energy ) ▪ Metabolic rate rises with any form of activity. metabolic syndrome COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN acidosis ▪ Use of diuretics that increase ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to metabolism; "metabolic rate" undergoing metamorphosis [syn: metabolous ] [ant: ametabolic ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metabolic \Met`a*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. ?. See Metabola .] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.

Usage examples of metabolic.

Her heart sank even further when she realized that the prolonged anoxia had caused a severe metabolic acidosis as well.

For example, an anion gap on the electrolyte panel combined with metabolic acidosis on arterial blood gases would prompt an inquiry into ASA, methanol, or ethylene glycol as potential etiologic agents.

Her metabolic enhancer kicked in, flooding her body with extra adrenaline and inducing extra adenosine triphosphate.

This material was another strictly non-Mesklinite product, a piece of molecular architecture vaguely analogous to zeolite in structure, which adsorbed hydrogen on the inner walls of its structural channels and, within a wide temperature range, maintained an equilibrium partial pressure with the gas which was compatible with Mesklinite metabolic needs.

The bullet she would fire contained frozen sodium azide, a metabolic inhibitor.

And a group of militant anti-GM campaigners are being pursued by Interpol, after their announcement that they have spliced a metabolic pathway for cyanogenic glycosides into maize seed corn destined for human-edible crops.

It is also supposed that the metabolic changes consist of two phases, the upward, constructive, or anabolic phase, and the downward, destructive, or katabolic phase.

Low leptin means little fat, and the body goes into conservation mode: cutting back its base metabolic rate, stimulating appetite, and inducing food-search behavior.

Inhibition of the enzyme allows cortisol to act as the major endogenous mineralocorticoid producing a marked elevation in mineralocorticoid activity, resulting in hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis.

I favor the idea of a metabolic disturbance, an ionic imbalance in the neurotransmitter, trigammadimethylhitridixalot, resulting in the massive sustained, tetanic, bilateral muscular contractions and flexion that caused Dr.

Norau that were used in the Sind Wars, then moved on to upsizing reptiles and now seems to be working with arthropods, apparently having overcome the structural and metabolic issues with them.

No metabolic activity was detected in the Ceraunius forms, but electron microscopy reveals what appear to be cell walls, and RNA protein fragments within the forms.

They produce metabolic error that results in an accumulation of mucopolysaccharides in the tissues of the body.

Colibri is a moderately complex cocktail, and the metabolic systems of sublimated quasi-life are straight off the drawing-board, so I doubt if they were ever formally introduced in the lab.

In the deep seas, such bathypelagic monsters as anglerfish were slow moving, with a metabolic rate as low as one percent of fish living near the surface.