Metabolism is an English word with synonyms like metamorphosis or metastasis. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Metabolism meaning
- The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
- The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
- The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
Synonyms of Metabolism
Metabolism vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Metabolism
- The main meaning on this page is: The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. | The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism | The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
- Useful related words include: organic process, biological process, metamorphosis, metabolic process.
- Possible Dutch translations are: stofwisseling, metabolisme.
- In the example corpus, metabolism often appears in combinations such as: metabolism and, your metabolism, and metabolism.
Context around Metabolism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Metabolism
- In this selection, "metabolism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, calcium, allows, cellular, main, inside and breathalyzer stand out and add context to how "metabolism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fast metabolism and a hyper metabolism and had. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "metabolism" sits close to words such as atm, believers and butcher, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with metabolism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But here, it was affecting sugar metabolism. (7 words)
A lack of exercise can lead to loss of muscle mass and lower metabolism. (14 words)
A deficiency of this vitamin can cause slow metabolism and an inability to lose weight. (15 words)
A University of Galway academic whose research work focuses on developing computational models of human biology has been awarded a €2 million consolidator grant from the European Research Council to develop a computational model of the human metabolism. (38 words)
Metabolism main Fatty acids (provided either by ingestion or by drawing on triglycerides stored in fatty tissues) are distributed to cells to serve as a fuel for muscular contraction and general metabolism. (32 words)
Instead of being another major fan of The Flash, Bart Allen was a kid from the 30th century who had a hyper-metabolism and had aged rapidly thanks to his speed powers. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Metabolism All vertebrates have a blood–brain barrier that allows metabolism inside the brain to operate differently from metabolism in other parts of the body.
It's a metabolism breathalyzer that utilizes a CO2 sensor to help you better understand your metabolism.
Cellular processes Growth and metabolism main Between successive cell divisions, cells grow through the functioning of cellular metabolism.
Longer term regulation occurs through calcium absorption or loss from the gut (see Regulation of calcium metabolism in the Calcium metabolism article).
Metabolic syndrome Metabolism metabolism is the sum of all the processes involved in using food to produce chemical energy for cell functions.
Metabolism main Fatty acids (provided either by ingestion or by drawing on triglycerides stored in fatty tissues) are distributed to cells to serve as a fuel for muscular contraction and general metabolism.
Though their resting metabolism is still many times slower than their active metabolism, the difference is often not as large as that seen in bradymetabolic creatures.
A deficiency of this vitamin can cause slow metabolism and an inability to lose weight.
A lack of exercise can lead to loss of muscle mass and lower metabolism.
A University of Galway academic whose research work focuses on developing computational models of human biology has been awarded a €2 million consolidator grant from the European Research Council to develop a computational model of the human metabolism.
Avoid all the products that raise your glycemic load on the body, making it hard for the metabolism to work.
But here, it was affecting sugar metabolism.
B Vitamins Can Reduce Body Weight Gain by Increasing Metabolism-related Enzyme Activities in Rats Fed on a High-Fat Diet.
By slowing a patient's metabolism, the method could minimize damage from these conditions, granting clinicians more time to identify and apply a remedy.
Completed in 1972, the Nakagin Capsule Tower Building in Tokyo was an iconic example of "metabolism," the Japanese architecture movement focused on modular and flexible structures inspired by biology.
Earlier on in his interview, which was done via video call, Ben expressed some jealousy toward his wife for having such a fast metabolism.
However, the overall effect on blood sugar depends on the portion size, individual metabolism, and other foods consumed with the banana.
In addition, it is beneficial for weight loss because it naturally increases metabolism, resulting in the burning of more calories.
Instead of being another major fan of The Flash, Bart Allen was a kid from the 30th century who had a hyper-metabolism and had aged rapidly thanks to his speed powers.
In well-established safety and metabolism screening, that’s what the company is seeing so far.
Common combinations with metabolism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- metabolism and 40×
- your metabolism 29×
- and metabolism 14×
- the metabolism 12×
- metabolism is 8×
- metabolism in 7×
- metabolism the 6×
- metabolism to 6×
- boost metabolism 6×
- glucose metabolism 6×