different between metabolism vs spermine

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

From Ancient Greek ?????? (spérma, “semen”) +? -ine.

Noun

spermine (countable and uncountable, plural spermines)

1. (organic chemistry) A polyamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine, originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism

Derived terms

• thermospermine

Translations

Anagrams

• premines

Italian

Noun

spermine f

1. plural of spermina