different between metabolite vs metabolize

English

Etymology

From metabolism +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??tæb?la?t/

Noun

metabolite (plural metabolites)

1. Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction.
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, p. 33.

     Cannabis and some of its metabolites, for example, persist in the fat stores of the body for several weeks after a single dose.

   • 2015, Ferris Jabr, How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains, Wired:

     In addition to looking at gene expression, Bozek and her colleagues analyzed levels of metabolites, a diverse group of small molecules that includes sugars, nucleic acids and neurotransmitters. Many metabolites are either necessary for metabolism or produced by it.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) metabolise

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (metabol?, “change, mutation”) + -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??tæb??la?z/
• Hyphenation: me?tab?o?lize

Verb

metabolize (third-person singular simple present metabolizes, present participle metabolizing, simple past and past participle metabolized)

1. (biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism.
2. (biology, transitive) To cause a substance to undergo metabolism.
3. (biology, transitive) To produce a substance using metabolism.
4. (by extension, transitive) To absorb and process as if by metabolism.

Related terms

• metabolic

Translations

See also

• catabolize

Portuguese

Verb

metabolize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of metabolizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of metabolizar
3. first-person singular imperative of metabolizar
4. third-person singular imperative of metabolizar