"metabolism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation], [mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.m̩] [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈtæb.əˌlɪz.əm/ [General-American], [məˈtæb.əˌlɪz.m̩] [General-American], /mɪˈtæb.ə.lɪz.əm/ [General-Australian], [mɪˈtæb.ə.lɪz.m̩] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-metabolism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: metabolisms [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ism, from μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “I change, I alter”) + -η (-ē, “action noun suffix”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|μεταβολή|-ism|lang1=grc|t1=change}} Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ism, {{af|grc|μεταβάλλω|-η|nocat=1|t1=I change, I alter|t2=action noun suffix}} μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “I change, I alter”) + -η (-ē, “action noun suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} metabolism (countable and uncountable, plural metabolisms)
  1. (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology Hyponyms: anabolism, catabolism Translations (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells): أَيْض (ʔayḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَمْثِيل غِذَائِيّ (tamṯīl ḡiḏāʔiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), اِسْتِقْلَاب (istiqlāb) [masculine] (Arabic), նյութափոխանակություն (nyutʿapʿoxanakutʿyun) (Armenian), metabolismu [masculine] (Asturian), maddələr mübadiləsi (Azerbaijani), абмен рэчываў (abmjen rečyvaŭ) (Belarusian), метабалі́зм (mjetabalízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), обмяна на веществата (obmjana na veštestvata) [feminine] (Bulgarian), metabolisme [masculine] (Catalan), Schtoffwääßel (Central Franconian), 代謝 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 代谢 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 代謝 (Chinese Mandarin), 代谢 (dàixiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 新陳代謝 (Chinese Mandarin), 新陈代谢 (xīnchén dàixiè) (Chinese Mandarin), metabolismus [masculine] (Czech), metabolizmus [masculine] (Czech), stofskifte (Danish), stofwisseling [masculine] (Dutch), metabolisme [neuter] (Dutch), ainevahetus (Estonian), evnaskifti [neuter] (Faroese), evnabroyting [feminine] (Faroese), aineenvaihdunta (Finnish), metabolismi (Finnish), métabolisme [masculine] (French), metabolismo [masculine] (Galician), ნივთიერებათა ცვლა (nivtierebata cvla) (Georgian), მეტაბოლიზმი (meṭabolizmi) (Georgian), Stoffwechsel [masculine] (German), Metabolismus [masculine] (German), Stoffwessel (German Low German), μεταβολισμός (metavolismós) [masculine] (Greek), ચયાપચય (cayāpacya) (Gujarati), pūnao (Hawaiian), חילוף חומרים (khilúf khomarím) [masculine] (Hebrew), מטבוליזם (metabolízem) [masculine] (Hebrew), चयापचय (cayāpacay) (Hindi), anyagcsere (Hungarian), efnaskipti [neuter] (Icelandic), metabolio (Ido), metabolismo [masculine] (Italian), ricambio [masculine] (Italian), 代謝 (taisha) (alt: たいしゃ) (Japanese), 新陳代謝 (shinchin taisha) (alt: しんちんたいしゃ) (Japanese), 物質代謝 (busshitsu taisha) (alt: ぶっしつたいしゃ) (Japanese), ಚಯಾಪಚಯ (cayāpacaya) (Kannada), зат алмасу (zat almasu) (Kazakh), ការដុតរំលាយអាហារក្នុងរាងកាយ (kaa dot rumliəy ʼaahaa knong riəngkaay) (Khmer), 신진대사 (sinjin daesa) (alt: 新陳代謝) (Korean), 물질대사 (muljil daesa) (alt: 物質代謝) (Korean), vielmaiņa (Latvian), stofwisseling (Limburgish), metabolizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), medžiagų apykaita [feminine] (Lithuanian), stoffwiessel (Luxembourgish), ungkai bina (Malay), ഉപാപചയം (upāpacayaṁ) (Malayalam), whakarau pūngao (Maori), चयापचय (cayāpcay) (Marathi), stoffskifte [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), stoffskifte [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), متابولیسم (metâbolism) (Persian), metabolizm [masculine] (Polish), przemiana materii [masculine] (Polish), metabolismo [masculine] (Portuguese), imayay yamkiy (Quechua), metabolism [neuter] (Romanian), метаболи́зм (metabolízm) [masculine] (Russian), обме́н веще́ств (obmén veščéstv) [masculine] (Russian), metabolìzam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), presnova (Slovene), presnavljanje (Slovene), metabolismo [masculine] (Spanish), metabolism [common-gender] (Swedish), ämnesomsättning (Swedish), kapbisa (Tagalog), வளர்சிதைமாற்றம் (vaḷarcitaimāṟṟam) (Tamil), алышынуы (alışınuwı) (Tatar), జీవక్రియ (jīvakriya) (Telugu), metabolizma (Turkish), özgeriş (Turkish), istiklâp (Turkish), обмін речовин (obmin rečovyn) (Ukrainian), метаболі́зм (metabolízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trao đổi chất (Vietnamese), biến dưỡng (Vietnamese), metabolaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-metabolism-en-noun-oNCD3ien Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with meta-, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 10 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 40 20 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 42 10 48 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells': 52 20 28
  2. (physiology, by extension) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-metabolism-en-noun-yEl4-6ah Categories (other): English terms prefixed with meta-, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 40 20 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 42 10 48 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  3. (figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system. Tags: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Metabolism
    Sense id: en-metabolism-en-noun-igA1FN9S Disambiguation of Metabolism: 37 11 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with meta-, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 10 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 10 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 40 20 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 42 10 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: antimetabole, metabola, metabolisation

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          "word": "ნივთიერებათა ცვლა"
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          "word": "חילוף חומרים"
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          "word": "מטבוליזם"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "tamṯīl ḡiḏāʔiyy",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istiqlāb",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِسْتِقْلَاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nyutʿapʿoxanakutʿyun",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "նյութափոխանակություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolismu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "maddələr mübadiləsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abmjen rečyvaŭ",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "абмен рэчываў"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjetabalízm",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метабалі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obmjana na veštestvata",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обмяна на веществата"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "代謝"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "代谢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "代謝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàixiè",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "代谢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "新陳代謝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnchén dàixiè",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "新陈代谢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "stofskifte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stofwisseling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "metabolisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ainevahetus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "evnaskifti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "evnabroyting"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "aineenvaihdunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "metabolismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "métabolisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nivtierebata cvla",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ნივთიერებათა ცვლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "meṭabolizmi",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "მეტაბოლიზმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stoffwechsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Metabolismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmw-cfr",
      "lang": "Central Franconian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "Schtoffwääßel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "German Low German",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "Stoffwessel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metavolismós",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μεταβολισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "cayāpacya",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ચયાપચય"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "pūnao"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khilúf khomarím",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חילוף חומרים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "metabolízem",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מטבוליזם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cayāpacay",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "चयापचय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "anyagcsere"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "efnaskipti"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "metabolio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ricambio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taisha",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "代謝"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんちんたいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinchin taisha",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "新陳代謝"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶっしつたいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "busshitsu taisha",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "物質代謝"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "cayāpacaya",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ಚಯಾಪಚಯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zat almasu",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "зат алмасу"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa dot rumliəy ʼaahaa knong riəngkaay",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ការដុតរំលាយអាហារក្នុងរាងកាយ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "新陳代謝",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinjin daesa",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "신진대사"
    },
    {
      "alt": "物質代謝",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "muljil daesa",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "물질대사"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "vielmaiņa"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "stofwisseling"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolizmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "medžiagų apykaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "stoffwiessel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ungkai bina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "upāpacayaṁ",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ഉപാപചയം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "whakarau pūngao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "cayāpcay",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "चयापचय"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stoffskifte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stoffskifte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "metâbolism",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "متابولیسم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przemiana materii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "imayay yamkiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "metabolism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metabolízm",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метаболи́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmén veščéstv",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обме́н веще́ств"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "presnova"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "presnavljanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "metabolism"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "ämnesomsättning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "kapbisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vaḷarcitaimāṟṟam",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "வளர்சிதைமாற்றம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "alışınuwı",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "алышынуы"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jīvakriya",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "జీవక్రియ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "metabolizma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "özgeriş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "istiklâp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obmin rečovyn",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "обмін речовин"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metabolízm",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метаболі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "trao đổi chất"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "word": "biến dưỡng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metabolaeth"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "metabolism"
  ],
  "word": "metabolism"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tāi-siā vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "metabolism"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "metabolism",
  "trace": ""
}

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