metabolize
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əˌlaɪz verb (used with object), verb (used without object), me·tab·o·lized, me·tab·o·liz·ing.
to subject to metabolism; change by metabolism.
Also, especially British, me·tab·o·lise.
Related forms
me·tab·o·liz·a·bil·i·ty, noun
me·tab·o·liz·a·ble, adjective
me·tab·o·liz·er, noun
un·me·tab·o·lized, adjective
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metabolize or metabolise (mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to bring about or subject to metabolism | |
| metabolise or metabolise | |
| —vb | |
| me'tabolizable or metabolise | |
| —adj | |
| me'tabolisable or metabolise | |
| —adj | |
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Metabolize
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
metabolize
1887 (trans.), 1934 (intrans.), from Gk. metabole (see metabolism) + -ize.
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Medical Dictionary
metabolize me·tab·o·lize (mĭ-tāb'ə-līz')
v. me·tab·o·lized, me·tab·o·liz·ing, me·tab·o·liz·es
To subject to metabolism.
To produce by metabolism.
To undergo change by metabolism.
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Science Dictionary
| metabolize (mĭ-tāb'ə-līz') Pronunciation Key
To subject a substance to metabolism or produce a substance by metabolism. |
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Example sentences
Bacteria in ponds can produce similar rosettes as they metabolize minerals.
The aerobic label, however, describes not how microbes exercise but how they metabolize.
The bacteria sit on an electrode--the anode--as they metabolize organic matter in an oxygen-devoid chamber.
After a garlic-heavy meal, some eaters leak pungent sweat, as their bodies metabolize sulfurous compounds.
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