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Noun metabolism has 2 senses
  1. metamorphosis, metabolism - the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
    --1 is a kind of organic process, biological process
    --1 has particulars:
     hemimetamorphosis, hemimetabolism, hemimetaboly; holometabolism, holometaboly
  2. metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis - the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
    --2 is a kind of organic process, biological process
    --2 has parts:
     anabolism, constructive metabolism; catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism; Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle
     --2 has particulars:
     respiration, internal respiration, cellular respiration; basal metabolic rate, BMR; basal metabolism; fat metabolism; glycolysis
    Derived form: verb metabolize1
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