metabolize
pronunciation
How to pronounce metabolize in British English:
UK [məˈtæbəlaɪz]
How to pronounce metabolize in American English:
US [mə'tæbəlaɪz]
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- Verb:
- produce by metabolism
Word Origin
- metabolize (v.)
- 1887 (transitive), 1934 (intransitive), from Greek metabole "a change" (see metabolism) + -ize. Related: Metabolized; metabolizing.
Example
- 1. But our bodies metabolize only a small fraction of them .
- 2. It is slower to metabolize and likelier to die before it has reproduced .
- 3. Larger animals live longer ; but they also metabolize slower , as manifested in slower heart rates .
- 4. But exercise makes the muscle cells metabolize glucose , by combining its carbon atoms with oxygen and extracting the energy that is released .
- 5. In diabetes , the body isn 't able to effectively use insulin or to make enough of it to metabolize glucose in the food we eat , resulting in higher than normal levels of blood sugar .