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单词	metabolism
释义	me·tab·o·lism \mə̇ˈtabəˌlizəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary metabol- (from Greek metabolē change) + -ism 1. a. : the sum of the processes concerned in the building up of protoplasm and its destruction incidental to life : the chemical changes in living cells by which energy is provided for the vital processes and activities and new material is assimilated to repair the waste < basal metabolism > < methods of determining body and tissue metabolism — Bulletin of the University of Kentucky > — see anabolism, catabolism; compare assimilation, food 1a, nutrition, secretion b. : the sum of the processes by which a particular substance is handled (as by assimilation and incorporation or by detoxification and excretion) in the living body < the metabolism of iodine in the thyroid > < vanadium metabolism of tunicates > c. : the sum of the metabolic activities taking place in a particular habitat or environment < the metabolism of a lake > < complex processes of historical metabolism involving the whole range of man's cultural, social, and economic existence — Walter Abell > 2. : metamorphosis 2 a — usually used in combination < ametabolism > < holometabolism >
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