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metabolically challenged en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

The second sense is an ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like "mentally challenged".

Meanings

  1. Having difficulty with metabolism.
    • From this evaluation it was evidenced that metabolically challenged dairy cows (on the basis of concentrations of glucose, BHBA, and NEFA) show differences in liver transcripts, compared to metabolically unchallenged dairy cows [...] 2010, G. Matteo Crovetto, Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition, →ISBN:
  2. (euphemistic, humorous, of a person) Dead.

Forms

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most metabolically challenged Degree=Sup lexicographic
more metabolically challenged Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi aineenvaihduntahäiriöinen (having difficulty with metabolism)