metabolically
Adverb
Meaning
involving metabolism
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Examples
metabolically important substances
Autotrophs — responsible for primary production — assimilate light energy which becomes metabolically stored as potential energy in the form of biochemical enthalpic bonds.
Building and maintaining sense organs is metabolically expensive, so these organs evolve only when they improve an organism's fitness.
At 6 grams of protein a pop, eggs also have all the necessary amino acids needed to support muscle growth, and the more lean mass you have, the more metabolically active your body will be, making it easier to torch extra fat calories.
Blood glucose spikes, even in metabolically healthy people, may fluctuate more than previously believed.
We now know, however, that fat tissue is a metabolically active endocrine organ that secretes hormones and inflammatory cytokines such as IL-6 and TNF-α.