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metabolostat

metabolostat noun: an organ or system that regulates metabolism.

Noun

metabolostat (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) An organ or system that regulates metabolism.
    • The liver should be regarded as the main food-processing plant. It is the metabolic stabilizer (metabolostat) for the body.1974, Lawrence E. Lamb, Metabolics: Putting Your Food Energy to Work
    • The liver generally acts as an exquisite metabolostat, responding to the metabolic needs of the whole organism.1986, André Guillouzo, Isolated and Cultured Hepatocytes, page 30

Questions about metabolostat

What does metabolostat mean?
Metabolostat means an organ or system that regulates metabolism.
What part of speech is metabolostat?
Metabolostat is a noun.

Words near metabolostat in the dictionary

  1. metabolons
  2. metabolopathies
  3. metabolopathy
  4. metabolosome
  5. metabolosomes
  6. metabolostat
  7. metabolotype
  8. metabolotypes
  9. metabolotyping
  10. metabolous
  11. metaboly

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