metabolism
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Instead of targeting hunger, the experimental drug activates metabolism inside skeletal muscle.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
One of the first changes they observed was reduced eating in infected mice, which suggested that the animals' metabolism had shifted.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
That immune shift is important because insulin resistance is not only a problem of sugar metabolism.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
According to the researchers, this may weaken the body's ability to repair oxidative DNA damage, a type of cellular wear and tear that occurs as part of normal metabolism.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Freezing a cell was like pressing a pause button: cell division, metabolism, and everything else simply stopped, then resumed after thawing as if you’d just pressed play again.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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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