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metabolism

metabolism Metabolism is the total set of changes taking place in a living body, including both building up and breaking down.

Metabolism is the total set of changes taking place in a living body, including both building up and breaking down. It covers the constructive formation of living tissue from food materials and the destructive breakdown of living substance into simpler compounds that release energy for the organism’s activity.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Metabolism” (Metabolism).
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