METABOLIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they metabolize ... he / she / it metabolizes

Past simple: metabolized

Past participle: metabolized

-ing form: metabolizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce by metabolism

Synonyms:

metabolise; metabolize

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

"Metabolize" entails doing...:

digest (convert food into absorbable substances)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

Credits

Context examples:

A genetic disorder characterized by deficiency of the enzyme medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase that metabolizes medium-chain fatty acids.

(Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Medium-Chain Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is metabolized by the cytochrome P450 isoenzyme CYP2C9, and, to a lesser extent, by CYP3A4.

(Nateglinide, NCI Thesaurus)

Insulin resistance is a pathological condition linked to obesity, in which cells fail to respond normally to the hormone insulin which helps the body metabolize glucose.

(When Liver Immune Cells Turn Bad, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An artifact that results when an imaging agent is not absorbed or metabolized at the expected rate.

(Abnormal Uptake Kinetics, NCI Thesaurus)

Enzymes that metabolize NADH and NADPH are highly specific for one cofactor or the other and are in different pathways.

(Oxidative Reactions of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Nemorubicin is metabolized via the P450 CYP3A enzyme to a highly cytotoxic derivative.

(Nemorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

After alcohol is consumed, it is first metabolized, or broken down, into acetaldehyde, a toxic chemical that causes DNA damage.

(Alcohol Could be Toxic and Cause DNA Damage for Some People, NIH, US)

An image artifact that results in unexpected signals due to patient physiology or problem metabolizing an imaging agent.

(Physiologic or Metabolic Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)

Morning exercise appears to increase the ability of muscle cells to metabolize sugar and fat, and this type of effect interests the researchers in relation to people with severe overweight and type 2 diabetes.

(Morning, Evening Exercise Provides Different Health Benefits, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Subsequently, pyruvic acid is metabolized to ultimately yield carbon dioxide and water.