metabolic

English

Etymology

See metabolism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

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

• ametabolic
• antimetabolic
• basal metabolic rate
• bradymetabolic
• cardiometabolic
• cerebrometabolic
• chronometabolic
• cometabolic
• dismetabolic
• dysmetabolic
• endocrinometabolic
• endometabolic
• exometabolic
• genometabolic
• glucometabolic
• glycometabolic
• hemimetabolic
• heterometabolic
• high anion gap metabolic acidosis
• holometabolic
• hypermetabolic
• hypometabolic
• immunometabolic
• isometabolic
• lipometabolic
• macrometabolic
• mechanometabolic
• metabolical
• metabolically
• metabolic pathway
• metabolic rate
• metabolics
• metabolic syndrome
• metaboreceptor
• metametabolic
• neurometabolic
• nonmetabolic
• normometabolic
• oncometabolic
• osteometabolic
• photometabolic
• phylometabolic
• physiometabolic
• plurimetabolic
• proteometabolic
• protometabolic
• psychometabolic
• radiometabolic
• reprometabolic
• saccharometabolic
• submetabolic
• tachymetabolic
• thermometabolic
• vasculometabolic

 

Related terms

• metabolize
• metabolism

Translations

of or pertaining to metamorphosis

of or pertaining to metabolism

• Asturian: metabólicu
• Belarusian: метабалі́чны (mjetabalíčny)
• Catalan: metabòlic (ca)
• Dutch: metabool (nl)
• Finnish: metabolinen (fi)
• French: métabolique (fr)
• Italian: metabolico (it)
• Latvian: metabolisks
• Polish: metaboliczny (pl)
• Portuguese: metabólico (pt)
• Russian: метаболи́ческий (ru) (metabolíčeskij)
• Spanish: metabólico (es)
• Ukrainian: метаболі́чний (metabolíčnyj)

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• Czech: metabolický
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} efnaskipta-

Noun

metabolic (plural metabolics)

1. (informal) A nutritional supplement

Interlingua

Adjective

metabolic (not comparable)

1. metabolic

Related terms

• metabolismo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French métabolique.

Adjective

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

1. metabolic

Declension

Declension of metabolic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	metabolic		metabolică	metabolici	metabolice
	definite	metabolicul		metabolica	metabolicii	metabolicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	metabolic		metabolice	metabolici	metabolice
	definite	metabolicului		metabolicei	metabolicilor	metabolicelor