0 all the chemical processes in your body, especially those that cause food to be used for energy and growth: --
1 the chemical and physical processes by which a living thing uses food for energy and growth --
However, ' metabolism ' is normally used to mean more than mere energy dependency.
This role for nonoxidative metabolism allows steady-state energy measurements to provide insights into rapid millisecond events.
Conflicting data exist concerning the importance of metabolism in the loss of viability of stored hydrated seeds.
Developmentally related changes in the uptake and metabolism of glucose, glutamine and pyruvate by cattle embryos produced in vitro.
A life-on-a-chip detection device could collect an environmental sample and measure the metabolism of a single cell.
This pilot study provided tentative evidence of alterations in brain energy and phospholipid metabolism in autism that correlate with the neuropsychologic and language deficits.
The two studies that examined the response of horses to alterations in exercise reported that both bone metabolism markers and bone quality were altered.
The only advantage of adopting a weaker form of metabolism is that it allows virtual life and that is not sufficiently persuasive.
