different between metabolize vs metabolic

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

English

Etymology

See metabolism.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?k

Adjective

metabolic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.
2. Of or pertaining to metabolism

   metabolic activity

   metabolic force

Derived terms

Related terms

• metabolize
• metabolism

Translations

Noun

metabolic (plural metabolics)

1. (informal) A nutritional supplement

Interlingua

Adjective

metabolic (not comparable)

1. metabolic

Related terms

• metabolismo

Romanian

Etymology

From French métabolique

Adjective

metabolic m or n (feminine singular metabolic?, masculine plural metabolici, feminine and neuter plural metabolice)

1. metabolic

Declension