different between metabolism vs autointoxication

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (metabol?, “change”) +? -ism, from ????????? (metabáll?, “I change, I alter”) +? -? (-?, “action noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??tab.?l.?z.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m??tæ.b?l??z.?m/

Noun

metabolism (countable and uncountable, plural metabolisms)

1. (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

   Hyponyms: anabolism, catabolism

2. (figuratively, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
   • 1980, Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave (page 230)

     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, […]

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French métabolisme

Noun

metabolism n (uncountable)

1. metabolism

Declension

English

Etymology

auto- +? intoxication

Noun

autointoxication (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.

Alternative forms

• auto-intoxication

Synonyms

• autotoxicosis
• autotoxication

French

Etymology

auto- +? intoxication

Noun

autointoxication f (plural autointoxications)

1. autointoxication