Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Development with metamorphosis, such as characterizes many insects: contrasted with
ametabole , or development without metamorphosis.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
metabola .
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The modern English word "metabolism" comes from the Greek noun metabole, meaning "change", and the Greek verb metaballein medical dictionary, metabolism means "1.
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And since every change is from something to something-as the word itself (metabole) indicates, implying something
Physics Aristotle 2002
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