metabolisms
/M AH0 T AE1 B AH0 L IH0 Z AH0 M Z/noun
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(physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
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(physiology, by extension) The rate at which these processes occur for a given organism
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(figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
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A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.
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