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Verb: metabolize  mi'ta-bu`lIz
  1. Produce by metabolism
    "In general, most laboratory animals metabolize drugs more rapidly than humans"
    - metabolise [Brit]

Derived forms: metabolized, metabolizing, metabolizes

See also: metabolism

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