'Metabolism' definitions:
Definition of 'metabolism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals [syn: metamorphosis, metabolism]
noun
The organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life [syn: metabolism, metabolic process]
Definition of 'Metabolism'
From: GCIDE
- Metabolism \Me*tab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.)
- 1. 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 enzymes. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (catabolism). [1913 Webster]
- 2. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'metabolism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Metabolism'
- Metabole,
- Metabolic,
- Metabolize,
- metabolically,
- metabolous,
- Metabolic force,
- basal metabolism,
- constructive metabolism,
- destructive metabolism,
- fat metabolism,
- metabolic acidosis,
- metabolic alkalosis,
- metabolic disorder,
- metabolic process,
- metabolic rate,
- basal metabolic rate,
- constructive-metabolic,
- destructive-metabolic,
- inborn error of metabolism