Meanings
nouncometabolism (countable and uncountable, plural cometabolisms)
plural cometabolisms
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA process in which a substance may be biodegraded only in the presence of a secondary source of carbon
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετα- (meta-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekμεταβάλλω (metabállō)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ)
- Englishmetabolism
- Englishcometabolism
From co- + metabolism.
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APA
cometabolism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cometabolism
MLA
“cometabolism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cometabolism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cometabolism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cometabolism.
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