me·tab·o·lize

[muh-tab-uh-lahyz]
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.


Origin:
1885–90; metabol(ism) + -ize

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]
 
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.
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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

  1. To subject to metabolism.

  2. To produce by metabolism.

  3. 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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