METABOLISM in a Sentence

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11 example sentences for METABOLISM, such as:

1. This drug speeds up your metabolism.
2. Fish normally have a high metabolic rate.
3. We need to eat less as we get older and our metabolic rate slows down.
4. Radioactive tracers have been used to map the metabolic activity of the brain.
5. A feature that characterizes all anteaters is an extremely slow metabolic rate.

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 Meanings and Examples of METABOLISM
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metabolism
 n.  chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to maintenance of life
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1  This drug speeds up your metabolism.
2  Some of the reported difference in rates of metabolism could relate to the severity of the underlying colitis.
3  When you then get down to a lower weight, the damage to metabolism is still there, invisible, affecting all your efforts to control your weight.
4  Radioactive tracers have been used to map the metabolic activity of the brain.
5  Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body transforms food into energy.
6  A feature that characterizes all anteaters is an extremely slow metabolic rate.
7  Fish normally have a high metabolic rate.
8  We need to eat less as we get older and our metabolic rate slows down.
9  It's quite likely that a reduction in calorie intake yields a reduction in metabolic rates.
10  Building up muscle mass is going to cause you to burn more calories and increase your metabolic rate.
11  In biochemistry, a metabolic pathway is a series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.