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adj
Of or pertaining to metabolism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to metamorphosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Pertaining to or involving change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
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noun
A nutritional supplement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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adjective
undergoing metamorphosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: metabolous
Antonyms: ametabolic
adjective
of or relating to metabolism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
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History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός (metabolikós), from μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ικός (-ikós), thus by surface analysis, metabola + -ic. Compare metabolism.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
