Vocabulary : Metabolism to Metachronism

Metabolism : The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism). ;; The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated.
Metabolite : A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.
Metabolize : To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism.
Metabranchial : Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.
Metacarpal : Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. ;; A metacarpal bone.

Metacarpus : That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
Metacenter : Alt. of -tre
Metacetone : A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.
Metachloral : A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.
Metachronism : An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time.

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