Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metabolic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metabolic \Met`a*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Metabola}.]
1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to,
or involving, change.
2. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic
activity; metabolic force.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metabolic
adj 1: of or relating to metabolism; "metabolic rate"
2: (zoology) undergoing metamorphosis [syn: {metabolous}] [ant:
{ametabolic}]
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