Metabolize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Metabolize is a verb meaning (biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism.
Meaning
(biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism.
More Meanings
- (biology, transitive) To cause a substance to undergo metabolism.
- (biology, transitive) To produce a substance using metabolism.
- (by extension, transitive) To absorb and process as if by metabolism.
Example Sentences
Among the many types of juice, grapefruit stands out from the pack because it changes the way some people absorb and metabolize different drugs.
The genes in question encode two enzymes that metabolize alcohol and its breakdown products; the two enzymes are known as alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase.
We believe this to be the true way to teach zoölogy, for we doubt the value to a man of a mass of indefinite ill-digested text-book information. Occasionally an omnivore can take in every thin, and digest and so metabolize it as to organize it into healthy mental tissue. They are, however, the few.
Word Forms
- metabolizes
- metabolizing
- metabolized
- metabolise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metabolise, metabolism, swallow, metamorphose, metamorphize, toxicate.
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