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/mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.əm/
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[mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.m̩]
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/məˈtæb.əˌlɪz.əm/
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M AH0 T AE1 B AH0 L IH2 Z AH0 M
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A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
Examples
The metabolisms of aerobic bacteria require oxygen
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: anabolism, catabolism
The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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Small animals have a much higher metabolism than large animals because they lose more body heat
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The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
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Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: metabolic process
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
Narrower terms: respiration, internal respiration, cellular respiration, basal metabolism, fat metabolism, glycolysis
the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: metamorphosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
Narrower terms: hemimetamorphosis, hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly, heterometabolism, heterometaboly, holometabolism, holometaboly
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth2? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *gwelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gwəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek μεταβάλλω (metabállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English metabolism From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ism, from μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “to change, to alter”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).
Across languages
Translations 96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
أَيْض
(ʔayḍ)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Arabic :
تَمْثِيل غِذَائِيّ
(tamṯīl ḡiḏāʔiyy)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Arabic :
اِسْتِقْلَاب
(istiqlāb)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Armenian :
նյութափոխանակություն
(nyutʻapʻoxanakutʻyun)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Asturian :
metabolismu
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Azerbaijani :
maddələr mübadiləsi
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Belarusian :
абмен рэчываў
(abmjen rečyvaw)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Belarusian :
метабалі́зм
(mjetabalízm)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Bulgarian :
обмяна на веществата
(obmjana na veštestvata)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Bulgarian :
метаболи́зъм
(metabolízǎm)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Catalan :
metabolisme
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Chinese :
代謝 /代谢
(zh-min-nan)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Chinese Mandarin :
代謝 /代谢
(dàixiè)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Chinese Mandarin :
新陳代謝 /新陈代谢
(xīnchén dàixiè)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Czech :
metabolismus
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Czech :
metabolizmus
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Danish :
stofskifte
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Dutch :
stofwisseling
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Dutch :
metabolisme
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Esperanto :
metabolo
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Estonian :
ainevahetus
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Estonian :
metabolism
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Faroese :
evnaskifti
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Faroese :
evnabroyting
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Finnish :
aineenvaihdunta
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Finnish :
metabolismi
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
French :
métabolisme
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Galician :
metabolismo
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Georgian :
ნივთიერებათა ცვლა
(nivtierebata cvla)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Georgian :
მეტაბოლიზმი
(meṭabolizmi)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
German :
Stoffwechsel
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
German :
Metabolismus
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Central Franconian :
Schtoffwääßel
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Greek :
μεταβολισμός
(metavolismós)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Gujarati :
ચયાપચય
(cayāpacya)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Hawaiian :
pūnao
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Hebrew :
חילוף חומרים
(khilúf khomarím)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Hebrew :
מטבוליזם
(metabolízem)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Hindi :
चयापचय
(cayāpcay)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Hungarian :
anyagcsere
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Icelandic :
efnaskipti
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Ido :
metabolio
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Italian :
metabolismo
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Italian :
ricambio
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Japanese :
代謝
(taisha)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Japanese :
新陳代謝
(shinchin taisha)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Japanese :
物質代謝
(busshitsu taisha)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Kannada :
ಚಯಾಪಚಯ
(cayāpacaya)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Kazakh :
зат алмасу
(zat almasu)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Khmer :
ការដុតរំលាយអាហារក្នុងរាងកាយ
(kaa dot rumliəy ʼaahaa knong riəngkaay)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Korean :
신진대사
(sinjin daesa)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Korean :
물질대사
(muljil daesa)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Latvian :
vielmaiņa
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Limburgish :
stofwisseling
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Lithuanian :
metabolizmas
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Lithuanian :
medžiagų apykaita
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Low German :
Stoffwessel
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Luxembourgish :
stoffwiessel
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Malay :
ungkai bina
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Malayalam :
ഉപാപചയം
(upāpacayaṁ)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Māori :
whakarau pūngao
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Māori :
whakarautanga pūngao
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Māori :
matūriaka
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Marathi :
चयापचय
(cayāpcay)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Norwegian Bokmål :
stoffskifte
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Norwegian Nynorsk :
stoffskifte
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Persian :
متابولیسم
(metâbolism)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Polish :
metabolizm
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Polish :
przemiana materii
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Portuguese :
metabolismo
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Quechua :
imayay yamkiy
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Romanian :
metabolism
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Russian :
метаболи́зм
(metabolízm)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Russian :
обме́н веще́ств
(obmén veščéstv)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Serbo-Croatian :
metabolìzam
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Slovak :
látková premena
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Slovene :
presnova
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Slovene :
presnavljanje
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Spanish :
metabolismo
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Swahili :
metaboli
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Swedish :
metabolism
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Swedish :
ämnesomsättning
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Tagalog :
kapbisa
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Tajik :
мубодилаи моддаҳо
(mubodila-yi moddaho)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Tamil :
வளர்சிதைமாற்றம்
(vaḷarcitaimāṟṟam)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Tatar :
алышынуы
(alışınuwı)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Telugu :
జీవక్రియ
(jīvakriya)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Turkish :
metabolizma
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Turkish :
özgeriş
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Turkish :
istiklâp
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Ukrainian :
обмін речовин
(obmin rečovyn)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Ukrainian :
метаболі́зм
(metabolízm)
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Uzbek :
moddalar almashinuvi
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Vietnamese :
trao đổi chất
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Vietnamese :
biến dưỡng
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
Welsh :
metabolaeth
— complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells
