Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "metabolism" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Defined As

processing of food inside cells

Derived Terms

ametabolism bradymetabolism cardiometabolism chronometabolism cometabolism dysmetabolism endometabolism exometabolism glycometabolism hemimetabolism heterometabolism holometabolism hypermetabolism hypometabolism immunometabolism lipometabolism macrometabolism metabolite metabolome metametabolism neurometabolism normometabolism paurometabolism photometabolism proteometabolism protometabolism psychometabolism radiometabolism saccharometabolism selenometabolism sialometabolism tachymetabolism thermometabolism

Context

organism physiology

Prerequisites

thousands of enzymatic chemical reactions thousands of enzymes

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

biological process organic process

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

anabolism catabolism

Type Of (IsA)

biochemical process chemical process iterated event scene mass metabolizing organic process

Related Terms

Metabolist anabolism antimetabole catabolism metabola metabolic metabolisation metabolise metabotropic

Related Terms

architectural biological growth japanese megastructure metabolist movement organic

Synonym Network

metamorphosis

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