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Metabolic

Metˊa-bol′ic

,

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK]. See

.]

1.

(Biol.)

Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.

2.

(Physiol.)

Of or pertaining to metabolism;

as,

metabolic

activity;

metabolic

force.