metabolicallyadv.
/ˌmɛtəˈbɒlᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈbɑlək(ə)li/ In, as regards, or by means of metabolism.
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metabolically1906
1906 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 198 462 Practically the whole of the cytoplasm has been converted into metabolically inactive yolk spherules.
1928 Biochem. Jrnl. 22 1049 Patients, suffering from various complaints, though presumed to be metabolically sound.
1968 Brain 91 211 Metabolically the cerebellum is a very active organ.
1994 N.Y. Times 25 Jan. c4/1 For most creatures having sex is too metabolically expensive and fraught with danger to justify fruitless dalliances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1906- to hold true
- to hold tug
- to hold under awe
- to hold under one's abandon
- to hold under one's girdle
- to hold up
- to hold up by the chin
- to hold up oil
- to hold up one's head
- to hold up one's nose
- to hold up the parade
- to hold wag
- to hold waken
- to hold ward
- to hold way
- to hold weight with
- to hold with
- to hold with arch for
- to hold with arch of
- to hold with arch on
- to hold with his bill in the water
- to hold with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- to hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- to hold, clepe, bind, call to warrantise
- to hold, have scorn at, of