metabolizable

adjective

me·tab·o·liz·able

variants: also British metabolisable \ mə-ˈtab-ə-ˌlī-zə-bəl

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Medical Definition of metabolizable

1 : capable of being utilized in metabolism metabolizable nutrients

2 : producible or produced by metabolic processes metabolizable energy

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