verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To metabolize improperly.

   "They are still relatively blunted, desensitized by mismetabolized residues from a denatured-foods past."

Example

More examples

"They are still relatively blunted, desensitized by mismetabolized residues from a denatured-foods past."

Etymology

From mis- + metabolize.

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