metabolic
/mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/
metabolic adjective: of or pertaining to metabolism.
Adjective
metabolic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to metabolism.
- metabolic activity
- metabolic force
- Of or pertaining to metamorphosis.
- Pertaining to or involving change.
Noun
metabolic (plural metabolics)
metabolic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
metabolic in Hindi
- मेटाबॉलिक, चयापचयी
metabolic in Tamil
- ஊன்ம ஆக்கச்சிதைவு மாறுபாடு
metabolic in Marathi
- मेटाबॉलिक
metabolic in Urdu
- میٹابولک
More languagesFewer languages
- metabolic in Bengali
- বিপাকীয়, মেটাবলিক
- metabolic in Telugu
- మెటబాలిక్
- metabolic in Malayalam
- മെറ്റബോളിക്
- metabolic in Kannada
- ಮೆಟಾಬಾಲಿಕ್, ಮೆಟಬಾಲಿಕ್
- metabolic in Punjabi
- ਮੈਟਾਬੋਲਿਕ, ਮੈਟਾਬੌਲਿਕ
- metabolic in Gujarati
- મેટાબોલિક
- metabolic in Odia
- ମେଟାବୋଲିକ, ମେଟାବୋଲିକ୍, ମେଟାବଲିକ
- metabolic in Nepali
- मेटाबोलिक
- metabolic in Arabic
- اِسْتِقْلَابِيّ istiqlābiyy, أَيْضِيّ ʔayḍiyy
- metabolic in Indonesian
- metabolis, metabolik
Examples of metabolic in a sentence
- Marked weakness unresponsive to dietary change and exercise may indicate an underlying neurologic or metabolic problem.
- The acrophase of the metabolic process ran from shortly mid-morning until sunset, with the peak amplitude recorded in mid-afternoon.
- The bathyphase of the metabolic process ran from late evening until shortly after the subject awoke, with the lowest point recorded in at three o'clock in the morning.
Forms of metabolic
| plural | metabolics |
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Origin of metabolic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός (metabolikós), from μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ικός (-ikós), thus by surface analysis, metabola + -ic. Compare metabolism.
Words formed from metabolic
- ametabolic
- antimetabolic
- basal metabolic rate
- bradymetabolic
- cardiometabolic
- cerebrometabolic
- chronometabolic
- cometabolic
- dismetabolic
- dysmetabolic
- endocrinometabolic
- endometabolic
- exometabolic
- genometabolic
- glucometabolic
- glycometabolic
- hemimetabolic
- heterometabolic
- high anion gap metabolic acidosis
- holometabolic
- hypermetabolic
- hypometabolic
- immunometabolic
- isometabolic
- lipometabolic
- macrometabolic
- mechanometabolic
- metabolical
- metabolically
- metabolic pathway
- metabolic rate
- metabolics
- metabolic syndrome
- metaboreceptor
- metametabolic
- neurometabolic
- nonmetabolic
- normometabolic
- oncometabolic
- osteometabolic
- photometabolic
- phylometabolic
- physiometabolic
- plurimetabolic
- polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome
- proteometabolic
- protometabolic
- psychometabolic
- radiometabolic
- reprometabolic
- saccharometabolic
- submetabolic
- tachymetabolic
- thermometabolic
- vasculometabolic
Phrases with metabolic
Words that rhyme with metabolic
Questions about metabolic
- What does metabolic mean?
- Metabolic means of or pertaining to metabolism.
- What is metabolic in Hindi?
- Metabolic in Hindi is मेटाबॉलिक, चयापचयी. See Metabolic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is metabolic?
- Metabolic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce metabolic?
- Metabolic is pronounced /mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/ (UK).
Words near metabolic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: metabolic (page history and authors); metabolic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); metabolic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); metabolic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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