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metabolism

me·tab·o·lism

metabolism

 
 
pronunciation:
m tae b lih zm
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part of speech: noun
definition: the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues.
Mice have a high rate of metabolism.
derivation: metabolic (adj.)
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