metabolism

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.

Conceptes

metabolisme

metamorfosi

Sinònims

metamorphosis

assimilation

renewal

metabolic process

anabolism

replacement

transformation

metabolic profile

metabolic rate

constant

digestion

metabolic

regeneration

Traduccions

métabolisme

metabolismo

metabolismo

Metabolismus

metabolismo

Stoffwechsel

metabolisme

stofwisseling

metabolizma

μεταβολισμός

أيض

ricambio

Assimilationsprozess

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.əm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ism, from μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “to change, to alter”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).