metaboly

The intimate chemical processes of life were changed, its nervous metaboly.

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

The intimate chemical processes of life were changed, its nervous metaboly.

In the Days of the Comet 1906

We may now go on to a more detailed study, the microscopic study, or histology, of the tissues in which metaboly and kataboly occur, but before we do this it will be convenient to glance for a moment at another of our animal types -- the Amoeba, the lowest as the rabbit is the highest, in our series.

Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata 1906

Section 14) we have defined, as a chemical change in an upward direction -- less stable and more complex compounds are built up in the processes of vegetable and animal activity towards protoplasm; kataboly is a chemical running down; metaboly is a more general term, covering all vital chemical changes.

Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata 1906