Thesaurus: metabolism

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1. n. The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).
2. n. the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
3. n. the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
4. The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).
5. The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take upand convert into their own proper substance the nutritive materialbrought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cellprotoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either forexcretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of thedigestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive(anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).
6. n:100 n. the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life