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metabolically

metabolically adverb: in terms of, or by means of, metabolism.

Adverb

metabolically (not comparable)

  1. In terms of, or by means of, metabolism.
    • Here [the new fire ant queen] raises a few tiny “minim” workers entirely from her body reserves of stored fat and metabolically cannibalized wing muscles.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 66
    • Abdominal fat accumulation, known as visceral fat, has "long been recognized as metabolically harmful," according to Philip Rabito, M.D., a specialist in endocrinology, weight loss and wellness in New York City.2026 January 6, Angelica Stable, “More Americans may be classified as obese under new definition, study suggests”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2026

Origin of metabolically

From metabolic + -ally.

Words formed from metabolically

Questions about metabolically

What does metabolically mean?
Metabolically means in terms of, or by means of, metabolism.
What part of speech is metabolically?
Metabolically is an adverb.

Words near metabolically in the dictionary

  1. metabolic pathways
  2. metabolic rate
  3. metabolic rates
  4. metabolic syndrome
  5. metabolical
  6. metabolically
  7. metabolically challenged
  8. metabolics
  9. metabolimeter
  10. metabolimeters
  11. metabolisability

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