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Definition of Metabolic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to metabolism. "Metabolic rate"
2. Adjective. Undergoing metamorphosis.
Category relationships: Zoological Science, Zoology
Antonyms: Ametabolic
Derivative terms: Metabolism, Metabolism
Definition of Metabolic
1. a. Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.
Definition of Metabolic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metabolic
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Medical Definition of Metabolic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metabolic
Literary usage of Metabolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1920)
"The determination of a patient's basal metabolic rate is, therefore, ... The basal
metabolic rate, as I have said, is the amount of heat produced by a ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"THE metabolic PROCESSES OF THE BODY. The master tissues of the body are the ...
In a few instances only can we localize these metabolic actions and speak of ..."
3. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"metabolic Variation. — In addition to the retention effect another sort of change
... This is due to variations in the metabolic condition of the nerve ..."
4. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"THE FUNDAMENTAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE BY THE BASAL metabolic RATE* WM BOOTHBY
The basal metabolic rate is a measurement of the heat production in an ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(e) Collection and Analysis of Other Materials In exact metabolic studies, ...
Such studies complicate a metabolic investigation, and should be avoided ..."
6. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"Evidence that in certain cases such a determination or reversal can actually be
accomplished has had much to do with the development of recent metabolic ..."
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