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metabolism
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)
- (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
- Hyponyms: anabolism, catabolism
- (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, […]
- 1980, Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave (page 230)
Derived terms
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French métabolisme
Noun
metabolism n (uncountable)
- metabolism
Declension
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mineralocorticoid
English
Etymology
mineral +? -o- +? corticoid
Noun
mineralocorticoid (plural mineralocorticoids)
- (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
- 2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn (page 1301)
- Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.
- 2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn (page 1301)
Translations
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