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metabolism

[muh-tab-uh-liz-uhm] / məˈtæb əˌlɪz əm /


NOUN
digestion
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By restoring a healthier mucosal layer, the procedure aims to reset how the body responds to food, helping stabilize metabolism at a lower body weight after stopping medications like Ozempic.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

"They play roles in metabolism and releasing energy," she explains.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Their work revealed that metabolism plays a key role.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

However, some cells become especially reliant on glutamine, an amino acid that plays a major role in metabolism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

If sugar was sugar was sugar—if the metabolism of lactose was no different from that of glucose—then one might have expected bacteria fed on the glucose/lactose mix to exhibit the same smooth arc of growth.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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