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The sum of the chemical reactions occurring within a cell or a whole organism; includes the energy-releasing breakdown of molecules (catabolism) and the synthesis of new molecules (anabolism).
출처: www.nsc.org/ehc/glossar1.htm
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The amount of energy (calories) your body burns to maintain itself. Metabolism is the process in which nutrients are acquired, transported, used and disposed of by the body.
출처: my.webmd.com/content/article/46/2731_1672
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the buildup, breakdown and excretion of substances, commonly used to refer to the breakdown of food (or drugs) and its transformation into energy.
출처: www.gmhc.org/health/glossary3.html
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Sum of the physical and chemical changes that take place in living organisms. These changes include both synthesis (anabolism) and breakdown (catabolism) of body constituents. In a narrower sense, the physical and chemical changes that take place in a given chemical substance within an organism. It includes the uptake and distribution within the body of chemical compounds, the changes (biotransformations) undergone by such substances, and the elimination of the compounds and their metabolites.
출처: www.bio.hw.ac.uk/edintox/glossall.htm
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All of the processes or chemical changes in an organism or a single cell by which food is built up (anabolism) into living protoplasm and by which protoplasm is broken down (catabolism) into simpler compounds with the exchange of energy.
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