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metabolite /me·tab·o·lite/ (-līt) any substance produced by metabolism or by a metabolic process.

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1. A substance produced by metabolism.

2. A substance necessary for or taking part in a particular metabolic process.

metabolite

[mitab′əlīt]

Etymology: Gk, metabole, change

a substance produced by metabolic action or necessary for a metabolic process. An essential metabolite is one required for a vital metabolic process.

metabolite [mĕ-tab´o-līt]

any substance produced during metabolism.

metabolite

any substance produced during metabolism.

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