English Online Dictionary. What means metabolism? What does metabolism mean?
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ism, from μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “I change, I alter”) + -η (-ē, “action noun suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.əm/, [mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.m̩]
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈtæb.əˌlɪz.əm/, [məˈtæb.əˌlɪz.m̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /mɪˈtæb.ə.lɪz.əm/, [mɪˈtæb.ə.lɪz.m̩]
Noun
metabolism (countable and uncountable, plural metabolisms)
- (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
- Hyponyms: anabolism, catabolism
- (physiology, by extension) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
- (figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
Derived terms
Related terms
- antimetabole
- metabola
- metabolisation
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French métabolisme.
Noun
metabolism n (uncountable)
- metabolism
Declension
Swedish
Noun
metabolism c
- metabolism
- Synonym: ämnesomsättning
Declension
References
- metabolism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- metabolism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)