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metabolic

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. metabolic (adjective)
  2. metabolic heat (noun)
  3. metabolic movement (noun)
  4. metabolic syndrome (noun)
  5. basal metabolic rate (noun)

met·a·bol·ic

adj \ˌme-tə-ˈbä-lik\

Definition of METABOLIC

: of, relating to, or based on metabolism
— met·a·bol·i·cal·ly \-li-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of METABOLIC

1841

Rhymes with METABOLIC

alcoholic, anabolic, apostolic, catabolic, diastolic, hyperbolic, hypergolic, melancholic, painter's colic, parabolic, vitriolic, workaholic

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