metabolism
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The study brings together several well-established biological processes, including iron metabolism and communication between the immune and nervous systems, to help explain how animals may detect magnetic fields.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
The gut microbiome can produce compounds that influence inflammation, metabolism, and nervous system activity.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Obesity is known to affect much more than body weight and metabolism.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
The team also examined human lung cancer cells and discovered that some cancer related mutations affecting leucine metabolism appeared to improve cancer cell survival.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
During glucose metabolism, those messages were repressed, and the RNAs for glucose-digesting enzymes became abundant.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing metabolism
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Power Suffix: -ism
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"Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center," Vocabulary from the speech
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