metabolize

[ muh-tab-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, me·tab·o·lized, me·tab·o·liz·ing.

1. to subject to metabolism; change by metabolism.

metabolize

/ mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to bring about or subject to metabolism

metabolize

/ mĭ-tăb′ə-līz′ /

1. To subject a substance to metabolism or produce a substance by metabolism.

Derived Forms

• meˈtaboˌlizable, adjective

Other Words From

• me·tabo·liza·bili·ty noun
• me·tabo·liza·ble adjective
• me·tabo·lizer noun
• unme·tabo·lized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of metabolize¹

First recorded in 1885–90; metabol(ism) + -ize

Example Sentences

How do they metabolize the luxury trend cycle?

From Los Angeles Times

Artificial sweeteners such as sucralose are not metabolized by the human body so they are excreted – this is what makes them low-calorie sugar alternatives.

From Salon

People have different abilities to metabolize this B vitamin, based on their genes.

From Seattle Times

All demographics participate, though the elders sustain similar impulses on Facebook, now Meta, now metabolized by millennials and Gen Z into an antique or filial address book, a distant dystopia.

From Los Angeles Times

As hypertensive pulmonary blood vessels metabolize glutamine and serine, they create two new amino acids, called proline and glycine.

From Science Daily