Defenition of the word metabolism

• Defenition of the word metabolism

  • All the chemical reactions that take place in a living organism, comprising both anabolism and catabolism.
  • the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
  • the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

Synonyms for the word metabolism

• • metabolic process
  • metamorphosis
  • metastasis

Meronymys for the word metabolism

• • anabolism
  • catabolism
  • citric acid cycle
  • constructive metabolism
  • destructive metabolism
  • dissimilation
  • katabolism
  • Krebs cycle
  • tricarboxylic acid cycle

Hyponyms for the word metabolism

• • basal metabolic rate
  • basal metabolism
  • BMR
  • cellular respiration
  • fat metabolism
  • glycolysis
  • hemimetabolism
  • hemimetaboly
  • hemimetamorphosis
  • heterometabolism
  • heterometaboly
  • holometabolism
  • holometaboly
  • internal respiration
  • respiration

Hypernyms for the word metabolism

• • biological process
  • organic process

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