metabolize
verb
me·tab·o·lize
mə-ˈta-bə-ˌlīz 
metabolized; metabolizing
: to subject to metabolism
: to perform metabolism
Examples of metabolize in a Sentence
Food is metabolized by the body.
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Some animal studies have shown that dyes are quickly metabolized and excreted through urine, but dyes may still have a cumulative effect on the body, Dr. Michael Hansen, a senior scientist at Consumer Reports, told CNN in January.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
The new partnership will focus on investigating how nutrition and the microbes that metabolize food can influence immunotherapy and other cancer treatments.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Like woolly mammoths, these mice have curlier hair — which is the same color of the mammoth mummies found in the permafrost — as well as a gene that should impact the way their bodies metabolize fat.
—Susan Young, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The Mars dose was significantly worse than the moon dose; the cells that survived were less able to perform basic functions such as producing proteins and metabolizing waste.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
The new partnership will focus on investigating how nutrition and the microbes that metabolize food can influence immunotherapy and other cancer treatments.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Like woolly mammoths, these mice have curlier hair — which is the same color of the mammoth mummies found in the permafrost — as well as a gene that should impact the way their bodies metabolize fat.
—Susan Young, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The Mars dose was significantly worse than the moon dose; the cells that survived were less able to perform basic functions such as producing proteins and metabolizing waste.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Metabolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metabolize. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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metabolize
verb
me·tab·o·lize
mə-ˈtab-ə-ˌlīz
metabolized; metabolizing
: to break down by metabolism
food is metabolized by the body
Medical Definition
metabolize
verb
me·tab·o·lize
variants
also British metabolise
metabolized also British metabolised; metabolizing also British metabolising
: to subject to metabolism
: to perform metabolism
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