METABOLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metabolic mean? 

• METABOLIC (adjective)
  The adjective METABOLIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to metabolism

2. undergoing metamorphosis

  Familiarity information: METABOLIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METABOLIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to metabolism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

metabolic rate

Pertainym:

metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

Derivation:

metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undergoing metamorphosis

Synonyms:

metabolic; metabolous

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Antonym:

ametabolic (undergoing slight or no metamorphosis)

Derivation:

metabolism (the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals)

 Context examples 

A metabolic disorder occurs when abnormal chemical reactions in your body disrupt this process.

(Metabolic Disorders, NIH)

Too much white fat increases the risk of several metabolic disorders.

(Nanoparticles target, transform fat tissue, NIH)

A condition in which normal metabolic processes are disrupted, usually because of a missing enzyme.

(Metabolic disorder, NCI Dictionary)

Xi may be monitoring the flies’ metabolic state, including levels of nutrients, and then signaling to octopamine neurons whether they should turn on or off, resulting in changes in behavior.

(Gut bacteria may control movement, National Institutes of Health)

Consequently, these metabolic changes induce an increase in the capability of cells to produce energy, together with a reduction in the molecular and histopathological markers characteristic of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies.

(A new pharmacological therapy against a severe kind of deficiency in Coenzyme Q10, University of Granada)

Not all doctors agree on the definition or cause of metabolic syndrome.

(Metabolic Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

This allele, which encodes methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase, mitochondrial protein, plays a role in fatty acid degradation, RNA binding and metabolic enzyme activity.

(AUH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance present in all living cells that provides energy for many metabolic processes and is involved in making RNA.

(Adenosine triphosphate, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic glucocorticoid receptor agonist that mimics the metabolic, anti-inflammatory, and immunosuppressive activity of the natural glucocorticoids.

(Amcinonide, NCI Thesaurus)

An antineoplastic agent with a structural similarity to a natural substance that can replace that substance in a normal biochemical pathway and interfere with the normal metabolic processes of cells.

(Antimetabolite, NCI Thesaurus)