métabolisme
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See also: metabolisme
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -isme, from μετά (metá, “meta-”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]métabolisme m (plural métabolismes)
- (physiology) metabolism (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells)
Derived terms
[edit]- métaboliser (“to metabolise”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Persian: متابولیسم (metâbolism)
Further reading
[edit]- “métabolisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.