Definition of Metabolism

Metabolism

The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).

The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated.

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Metabolism Quotations

I think I must have a super-fast metabolism.
Katie Price

Around age 40 I put on twenty pounds. I had always had a perfect metabolism. But, my metabolism betrayed me as it does most people, except a very rare few who will always be thin.
Suzanne Somers

They have been deprived nutritionally, or some illness has not been picked up, or they have not been screened for vision or hearing defects, or they have not had some kind of a chronic illness or error of metabolism picked up.
C. Everett Koop

The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment.
Paul D. Boyer

I could never gain much weight. I've always had a fast metabolism.
Marc Wallice

During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.
Mike Love

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Metabolism Translations

metabolism in German is Stoffwechsel
metabolism in Hungarian is anyagcsere
metabolism in Spanish is metabolismo

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