Usually means: Chemical processes sustaining life functions.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. metabolism: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. metabolism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metabolism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. metabolism: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. metabolism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Metabolism, metabolism: Wiktionary
  9. metabolism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. metabolism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Metabolism (architecture), Metabolism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  13. metabolism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. metabolism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  21. metabolism: Infoplease Dictionary
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  23. metabolism: Online Etymology Dictionary

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  1. Metabolism: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. metabolism: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. metabolism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (26 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Metabolism: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Metabolism: Natural Health glossary
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  8. Metabolism: Merck Manuals
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  11. Metabolism: Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
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  17. Metabolism: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
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  19. metabolism: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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  3. Metabolism: Biology dictionary
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  5. Metabolism: Medicinal Chemistry
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  7. metabolism: Evolution Glossary
  8. metabolism: Natural History Terms
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Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metabolism: Beauty & Health Glossary
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  3. METABOLISM: Glossary of Composting Terms
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
noun:  (physiology, by extension) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
noun:  (figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
noun:  A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.

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