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metabolism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [məˈtæb.əˌlɪz.m̩] (General-American)
• /məˈtæb.əˌlɪz.əm/ (General-American)
• /mɪˈtæb.ə.lɪz.əm/ (Australia)
• [mɪˈtæb.ə.lɪz.m̩] (Australia)
• [mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.m̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /mɛ.ʈəˈbɔ.lɪz.əm/ (India)
• [mɛ.ʈəˈbɔ.lɪz.m̩] (India)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek μεταβάλλω (metabállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English metabolism From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ism, from μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “to change, to alter”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
   • The metabolisms of aerobic bacteria require oxygen
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
   • Small animals have a much higher metabolism than large animals because they lose more body heat
3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
   • The results of this generalized speedup of the corporate metabolism are multiple: shorter product life cycles, more leasing and renting, more frequent buying and selling, more ephemeral consumption patterns, […] 1980, Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave, page 230:

Forms

Deriveds

bradymetabolism · paurometabolism · holometabolism · hypometabolism · normometabolism · chronometabolism · dysmetabolism · psychometabolism · hemimetabolism · lipometabolism · immunometabolism · tachymetabolism · ametabolism · exometabolism · metabolome · metabolite · macrometabolism · cardiometabolism · cometabolism · radiometabolism · neurometabolism · thermometabolism · endometabolism · metabolo- · heterometabolism · selenometabolism · metametabolism · glycometabolism · sialometabolism · protometabolism · proteometabolism · hypermetabolism · saccharometabolism · photometabolism

Hyponyms

catabolism · anabolism

Relateds

catabolism · metabolic · metabolisation · anabolism · metabola · antimetabole · metabolise · metabotropic

Translations (96)

qu imayay yamkiy (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · tr metabolizma (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ka მეტაბოლიზმი (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · haw pūnao (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · fi metabolismi (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · hy նյութափոխանակություն (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ar أَيْض (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · et metabolism (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · km ការដុតរំលាយអាហារក្នុងរាងកាយ (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · be абмен рэчываў (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · gu ચયાપચય (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · it metabolismo (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · nl stofwisseling (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · cs metabolizmus (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · kk зат алмасу (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · cmn 代謝 /代谢 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · sh metabolìzam (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · sv metabolism (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · vi trao đổi chất (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · uz moddalar almashinuvi (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · gl metabolismo (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ko 신진대사 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · te జీవక్రియ (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · tr özgeriş (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · nds-de Stoffwessel (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ja 新陳代謝 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · tg мубодилаи моддаҳо (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · sv ämnesomsättning (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ast metabolismu (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · bg метаболи́зъм (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · uk обмін речовин (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ja 代謝 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · he מטבוליזם (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · li stofwisseling (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · be метабалі́зм (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ms ungkai bina (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · cy metabolaeth (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · fa متابولیسم (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · cs metabolismus (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · lt medžiagų apykaita (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · eo metabolo (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · el μεταβολισμός (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ca metabolisme (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ka ნივთიერებათა ცვლა (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · sk látková premena (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · fi aineenvaihdunta (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · hi चयापचय (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · lv vielmaiņa (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ko 물질대사 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · mi matūriaka (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · tr istiklâp (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · nan-hbl 代謝 /代谢 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ro metabolism (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ar اِسْتِقْلَاب (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · gmw-cfr Schtoffwääßel (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ta வளர்சிதைமாற்றம் (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · tt алышынуы (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · io metabolio (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · nl metabolisme (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · kn ಚಯಾಪಚಯ (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · is efnaskipti (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · nb stoffskifte (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · mi whakarautanga pūngao (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · he חילוף חומרים (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · sl presnova (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · mr चयापचय (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · fo evnaskifti (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ru метаболи́зм (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · sw metaboli (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · pl przemiana materii (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · it ricambio (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · lb stoffwiessel (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · de Metabolismus (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · fo evnabroyting (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · hu anyagcsere (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ml ഉപാപചയം (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · es metabolismo (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ar تَمْثِيل غِذَائِيّ (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · vi biến dưỡng (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · pl metabolizm (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ja 物質代謝 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · ru обме́н веще́ств (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · et ainevahetus (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · az maddələr mübadiləsi (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · de Stoffwechsel (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · sl presnavljanje (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · lt metabolizmas (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · cmn 新陳代謝 /新陈代谢 (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · bg обмяна на веществата (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · uk метаболі́зм (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · mi whakarau pūngao (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · da stofskifte (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · fr métabolisme (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · nn stoffskifte (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · pt metabolismo (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) · tl kapbisa (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells)