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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)

  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

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porphobilinogen

English

Etymology

porphobilin +? -o- +? -gen

Noun

porphobilinogen (countable and uncountable, plural porphobilinogens)

  1. A pyrrole involved in porphyrin metabolism, generated by aminolevulinate and the enzyme ALA dehydratase.

Synonyms

  • PBG

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