Metabolism (redirected from Metabolization)

metabolism /me·tab·o·lism/ (me-tab´o-lizm)

1. the sum of all the physical and chemical processes by which living organized substance is produced and maintained (anabolism), and also the transformation by which energy is made available for the uses of the organism (catabolism).

2. biotransformation.metabol´ic,

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basal metabolism  the minimal energy expended to maintain respiration, circulation, peristalsis, muscle tonus, body temperature, glandular activity, and the other vegetative functions of the body.

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me·tab·o·lism (m-tb-lzm)

n.

1. The complex of physical and chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary for the maintenance of life. In metabolism some substances are broken down to yield energy for vital processes while other substances, necessary for life, are synthesized.

2. The functioning of a specific substance, such as water, within the living body.

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Metabolism

All the physical and chemical changes that occur in cells to allow growth and maintain body functions. These include processes that break down substances to yield energy and processes that build up other substances necessary for life.

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metabolism (m·taˑ·b·li·zm),

n the combined sum of the chemical processes occurring in a living organism. It is separated into anabolism, a process that results in the consumption of energy, and catabolism, a process that releases energy.

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metabolism (metab´ōlizm),

n the sum of chemical changes involved in the function of nutrition. There are two phases: anabolism (constructive or assimilative changes) and catabolism (destructive or retrograde changes).

metabolism, basal,

n See basal metabolic rate.

metabolism, bone,

n the continual complex of anabolism and catabolism taking place in bone when it is in physiologic equilibrium. Bone is a highly labile substance that reflects the adequacy of general body metabolism. See also bone, alveolar, metabolism.

metabolism, cell,

n the complexity of anabolic and catabolic processes occurring within cellular structures.

metabolism, energy,

n the transformation of energy in living tissues, consisting of anabolism (storage of energy) and catabolism (the dissipation of energy).

metabolism, substance,

n the physical and chemical processes by which living organized tissues are produced and maintained.

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metabolism

the sum of the physical and chemical processes by which living organized substance is built up and maintained (anabolism), and by which large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules to make energy available to the organism (catabolism).

Essentially these processes are concerned with the disposition of the nutrients absorbed into the blood following digestion.

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inborn error of metabolism

a genetically determined biochemical disorder in which a specific enzyme defect produces a metabolic block that may have pathological consequences at birth, as in maple syrup urine disease of calves, or in later life, e.g. in mannosidosis in calves. See also metabolic defect.