Meanings
nounmacrometabolism (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryAll the large-scale metabolic processes, cycles etc.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- 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
- Englishmacrometabolism
From macro- + metabolism.
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APA
macrometabolism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrometabolism
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“macrometabolism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrometabolism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macrometabolism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrometabolism.
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