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meta·bol·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. metabolicadjective

    of or relating to metabolism

    "metabolic rate"

  2. metabolic, metabolousadjective

    undergoing metamorphosis

Wiktionary

  1. metabolicadjective

    Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.

  2. metabolicadjective

    Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.

  3. Etymology: See metabolism.

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  1. metabolic

    Metabolic refers to the biochemical processes that occur within living organisms to maintain life. These processes involve multiple sequential chemical reactions that convert nutrients from food into energy, which is used to fuel bodily functions such as growth, repair, movement, reproduction, and response to the environment. It also includes the removal of waste products through metabolism. Metabolism can be divided into two categories: anabolism, the process of synthesis of cell components, and catabolism, the process of breaking down organic matter to harvest energy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Metabolicadjective

    of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change

  2. Metabolicadjective

    of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force

  3. Etymology: [Gr. . See Metabola.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of metabolic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of metabolic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of metabolic in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Volek:

    The vast majority of adults in the U.S. (well over 100 million people) are consuming too many carbs relative to their tolerance, which is why low-fat diets don’t work for most people. A strong body of research demonstrates that cutting back on carbs is a safe, effective and sustainable approach to improving weight and metabolic health.

  2. Lauren Antonucci:

    Eating such a low number of calories a day, regardless if you’re getting adequate protein or not, will cause weight loss, muscle mass loss, and a likely drop in metabolic rate.

  3. Martin Binks:

    Your resting metabolic rate is typically described as the total number of calories your body needs while at rest. This is made up of basic functions like supporting your vital organs, muscle and fat tissue and the energy that is required to break down food we eat, your total calorie requirement includes these plus what's needed to move around.

  4. Douglas Vaughan:

    So, in aggregate, we see the effect on longevity, but you can imagine it's largely through effects on cardiovascular risk and metabolic risk, it suggests potentially at a defined point in life, say age 50, if you adhere to a healthy paradigm like this, you can have an impact on your longevity and on your health span.

  5. Jesse Goodrich:

    That’s important because most people carry a mixture of the chemicals in their blood, we believe no other studies have looked at this mixture of chemicals in children and how it impacts metabolic pathways.

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