"metabolize" meaning in English

See metabolize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪz/ Forms: metabolizes [present, singular, third-person], metabolizing [participle, present], metabolized [participle, past], metabolized [past]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metabolḗ, “change, mutation”) + -ize. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|μετᾰβολή||change, mutation}} Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metabolḗ, “change, mutation”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} metabolize (third-person singular simple present metabolizes, present participle metabolizing, simple past and past participle metabolized)
  1. (biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Biology Translations ((intransitive) to undergo metabolism): breytast við lífræn efnaskipti (Icelandic), метаболизироваться (metabolizirovatʹsja) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-metabolize-en-verb-rZtb0i0x Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(intransitive) to undergo metabolism': 50 28 12 9
  2. (biology, transitive) To cause a substance to undergo metabolism. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Biology, Biochemistry Translations (to cause a substance to undergo metabolism): أَيَّضَ (ʔayyaḍa) (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-metabolize-en-verb-YoZA2wg6 Disambiguation of Biochemistry: 26 42 19 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 38 27 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 53 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 18 54 22 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 56 19 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 59 16 8 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'to cause a substance to undergo metabolism': 12 78 7 3
  3. (biology, transitive) To produce a substance using metabolism. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Biology Translations (to produce a substance using metabolism): أَيَّضَ (ʔayyaḍa) (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-metabolize-en-verb-TnG1K4Eo Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'to produce a substance using metabolism': 8 16 71 5
  4. (by extension, transitive) To absorb and process as if by metabolism. Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-metabolize-en-verb-GEnd7tjv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: metabolise [UK] Related terms: metabolic, catabolize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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