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Metabolize

/mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪz/

To undergo metabolism.

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📖 Definitions of "Metabolize"

verb

1
To undergo metabolism.
2
To cause a substance to undergo metabolism.
3
To produce a substance using metabolism.
4
(by extension) To absorb and process as if by metabolism.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Metabolize"

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Word	Definition
metaboliseverb	Alternative spelling of metabolize. [(biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism.]
metabolismnoun	(physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
swallowverb	(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
metamorphosenoun	(by extension, intransitive) To undergo some transformation.
metamorphizenoun	(ambitransitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
toxicateverb	(transitive) To metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.
metamerizeverb	To undergo, or subject to, metamerization.
bioconvertverb	To subject to bioconversion.
mutateverb	(transitive) To cause mutation.
transmutateverb	(transitive) To cause transmutation.
anaboliseverb	Alternative form of anabolize. [(biochemistry) To cause or to undergo anabolism.]
digestnoun	That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles.
translocateverb	(transitive) To displace, or move from one place to another.
metempsychosizeverb	(ambitransitive) To undergo, or cause to undergo, metempsychosis.
methanizeverb	(transitive) To subject to methanization.
metastasizeverb	(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
metamorphosiseverb	(nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English spelling of metamorphosize.
oxidizeverb	(chemistry, transitive) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
metamorphosizenoun	(nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
metamorphnoun	(biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis