metabolically
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In terms of, or by means of, metabolism.
Example Sentences
- "Here [the new fire ant queen] raises a few tiny “minim” workers entirely from her body reserves of stored fat and metabolically cannibalized wing muscles."
- "Abdominal fat accumulation, known as visceral fat, has "long been recognized as metabolically harmful," according to Philip Rabito, M.D., a specialist in endocrinology, weight loss and wellness in New York City."
Etymology
Etymology tree English metabolic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English metabolically From metabolic + -ally.