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Word: Metabolism
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Greek metabolē ‘change’ (from metaballein ‘to change’) + -ism
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
mɪˈtabəlɪz(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life
Short Definition:chemical processes that occur within living organism
Examples:- the metabolism of fatty acids in the kidney
- abnormalities in protein metabolism
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