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metabolic

/met-uh-bol-ik/US // ˌmɛt əˈbɒl ɪk //

代谢,新陈代谢,代谢性,代谢期

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
    • : undergoing metamorphosis.

Examples

  • Our bodies release certain metabolites—products of our metabolic activities.

  • Finding the genetic basis for the animal’s metabolic feats could clarify the mitochondrial genome’s function, helping to find treatments for human metabolic diseases.

  • Basal metabolic rate is the minimum amount of calories required for basic functions at rest.

  • In birds, metabolic rates played a massive role for birds, while isolating mechanisms like body hair or fat reserves had a prominent role for mammals.

  • Adipose tissue is therefore important for good metabolic health.

  • What if they were to measure body composition or hormone levels or metabolic rate?

  • A “set point” would determine weight by regulating metabolic activity, hunger and even the desire to do exercise.

  • After all, here we are, in the middle of a global obesity crisis; and there they are running a metabolic lab on television.

  • They are much more likely to have metabolic syndrome—a condition that puts you at high risk for diabetes and heart disease.

  • Eventually, he developed metabolic syndrome—a condition that presages diabetes and heart disease.

  • It stimulates metabolic activity of tissue cells and secures more complete oxidation of energy-yielding elements.

  • Not as our bodies do the stars need continual metabolic replacing food.

  • (b) The medium became toxic from the accumulation of metabolic products.

  • A still more important difference is that the metabolic force is peculiar to the cell.

  • Now, an indispensable condition of the ripening of the ovum in the female organism is that the metabolic process shall be normal.