METABOLIZE

metabolize, metabolise

(verb) produce by metabolism

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism.

(biology, transitive) To cause a substance to undergo metabolism.

(biology, transitive) To produce a substance using metabolism.

(by extension, transitive) To absorb and process as if by metabolism.

Source: Wiktionary


Me*tab"o*lize, v. t. & i. (Physiol.)

Definition: To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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