metabolize

Definition

To undergo metabolism.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ, “change, mutation”) + -ize.

Example Sentences

• "Among the many types of juice, grapefruit stands out from the pack because it changes the way some people absorb and metabolize different drugs."
• "The genes in question encode two enzymes that metabolize alcohol and its breakdown products; the two enzymes are known as alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase."
• "We believe this to be the true way to teach zoölogy, for we doubt the value to a man of a mass of indefinite ill-digested text-book information. Occasionally an omnivore can take in every thin, and digest and so metabolize it as to organize it into healthy mental tissue. They are, however, the few."

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