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submetabolic

submetabolic adjective: less than that produced by a normal metabolism.

Adjective

submetabolic (not comparable)

  1. Less than that produced by a normal metabolism
    • submetabolic temperature

Origin of submetabolic

From sub- + metabolic.

Questions about submetabolic

What does submetabolic mean?
Submetabolic means less than that produced by a normal metabolism.
What part of speech is submetabolic?
Submetabolic is an adjective.

Words near submetabolic in the dictionary

  1. submesoscale
  2. submesoscales
  3. submesothelial
  4. submessage
  5. submessages
  6. submetabolic
  7. submetabolome
  8. submetabolomes
  9. submetacentric
  10. submetacentrics
  11. submetallic

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