Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metabolic

/mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
meta-bol-ic
IPA
/mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to metabolism.

adj

Of or pertaining to metamorphosis.

Obsolete

adj

Pertaining to or involving change.

Obsolete

noun

A nutritional supplement.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός (metabolikós), from μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ικός (-ikós), thus by surface analysis, metabola + -ic. Compare metabolism.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

metabolics (plural)

Derived Forms

ametabolic antimetabolic bradymetabolic cardiometabolic cerebrometabolic chronometabolic cometabolic dismetabolic dysmetabolic endocrinometabolic endometabolic exometabolic

Phrases

basal metabolic rate high anion gap metabolic acidosis metabolic pathway metabolic rate metabolic syndrome polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

metabolize metabolism

Synonyms

metabolous

Rhymes With

alcoholic non-alcoholic symbolic hyperbolic parabolic anabolic melancholic folic frolic workaholic vitriolic phenolic

Questions

How do you pronounce metabolic?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/.
What does metabolic mean?
Of or pertaining to metabolism.
Where does metabolic come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός (metabolikós), from μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”) + -ικός (-ikós), thus by surface analysis, metabola + -ic. Compare metabolism.

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