Meanings
- not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to metabolism.
metabolic force
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metabolic activity
To date, no independent, well-controlled studies support claims of DAT’s effectiveness and the claim that dolphin echolocation produces beneficial cellular metabolic changes in individuals with ASD.
2015, Raymond G. Romanczyk, Laura B. Turner, Melina Sevlever, Jennifer M. Gillis, “14. The Status of Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Weak Relationship of Science to Interventions”, in Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr, editors, Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, second edition, New York: The Guilford Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 452 - not comparableobsoletebiologyOf or pertaining to metamorphosis.
- not comparableobsoleterarePertaining to or involving change.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμεταβολικός
- Englishmetabolic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός (metabolikós), from μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ικός (-ikós), thus by surface analysis, metabola + -ic. Compare metabolism.
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Arabic اِسْتِقْلَابِيّ, أَيْضِيّ
- اِسْتِقْلَابِيّ (istiqlābiyy)of or pertaining to metabolism
- أَيْضِيّ (ʔayḍiyy)of or pertaining to metabolism
Catalan metabòlic
- metabòlicof or pertaining to metabolism
Dutch metabool
- metaboolof or pertaining to metabolism
Esperanto metabola
- metabolaof or pertaining to metabolism
Finnish metabolinen
- metabolinenof or pertaining to metabolism
French métabolique
- métaboliqueof or pertaining to metabolism
Indonesian metabolis, metabolik
- metabolisof or pertaining to metabolism
- metabolikof or pertaining to metabolism
Italian metabolico
- metabolicoof or pertaining to metabolism
Latvian metabolisks
- metabolisksof or pertaining to metabolism
Polish metaboliczny
- metabolicznyof or pertaining to metabolism
Portuguese metabólico
- metabólicoof or pertaining to metabolism
Russian метаболи́ческий
- метаболи́ческий (metabolíčeskij)of or pertaining to metabolism
Spanish metabólico
- metabólicoof or pertaining to metabolism
Ukrainian метаболі́чний
- метаболі́чний (metabolíčnyj)of or pertaining to metabolism
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with metabolic
Cite this entry
metabolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolic
“metabolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metabolic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metabolic.
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