- the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available.
- any basic process of organic functioning or operating: changes in the country's economic metabolism.
- the sum total of the chemical processes that occur in living organisms, resulting in growth, production of energy, elimination of waste material, etc
- the sum total of the chemical processes affecting a particular substance in the body
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