Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metabolizer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: me-tab-o-liz-er
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance that increases the ability of the body to metabolize a specific class of compound (such as fat).

noun

One who metabolizes.

Example Sentences

"We could therefore assert that a person who uses, on average, more than 110 calories per hour would be termed a fast metabolizer and a person who uses less than 90 calories per hour would be a slow metabolizer."

Etymology

From metabolize + -er.

Inflected Forms

metabolizers (plural)

Questions

What does metabolizer mean?: Any substance that increases the ability of the body to metabolize a specific class of compound (such as fat).
Where does metabolizer come from?: From metabolize + -er.

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