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Past tense of metabolize

regular verb

The past tense of metabolize is metabolized. The past participle is also metabolized.

Forms of metabolize

Base form (V1)metabolize /mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪz/
Past tense (V2)metabolized
Past participle (V3)metabolized
Present participlemetabolizing
Third person singularmetabolizes

Metabolized in a sentence

  • Vorinostat is metabolized and excreted after glucoronidation by uridine diphosphate glucoronosyl transferase (UGT).2015, Aditya Kumar Bubna, “Vorinostat—An Overview”, in Indian Journal of Dermatology, volume 60, →DOI. From the entry glucoronidation
  • Metabolized to 1,2-dinor metabolite and 1,2,3,4-tetranor metabolite.2011, Arthur H. Jeske, Mosby's Dental Drug Reference, page 756. From the entry dinor
  • According to clinical studies in Europe and Japan, more than 90 percent of ingested erythritol is absorbed but not metabolized.2008, Beatrice Trum Hunter, The Sweetener Trap & How to Avoid It, unnumbered page. From the entry erythritol
  • This is not due to the inability of EF5 to be bioreductively metabolized by U87 cells since cube reference binding and binding kinetics in vitro are high for this cell.2015 July 25, “Improved Methods to Generate Spheroid Cultures from Tumor Cells, Tumor Cells & Fibroblasts or Tumor-Fragments…. From the entry bioreductively
  • Anopsologists believe that these new compounds cannot be properly, totally metabolized so that mismetabolites are stored in the body and lead to degenerative diseases and weakening of the immune system.1984, New Realities - Volumes 6-7, page 44. From the entry anopsologist

Meaning of metabolize

  1. verb To undergo metabolism.
  2. verb To cause a substance to undergo metabolism.
  3. verb To produce a substance using metabolism.

Full definition of metabolize

Questions about the past tense of metabolize

What is the past tense of metabolize?
The past tense of metabolize is metabolized.
What is the past participle of metabolize?
The past participle of metabolize is metabolized.
Is metabolize a regular or irregular verb?
Metabolize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metabolize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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