metabolically
Americanadverb
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“Zero sugar doesn’t mean metabolically neutral,” Kumar said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Glioblastoma is metabolically reprogrammed and expresses GLUT1 at three times the levels of normal brain tissue, so the particles preferentially accumulate in tumor tissue after crossing the blood-brain barrier," Olena Taratula said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
This is when clinicians started to describe instances in which people who are metabolically healthy and obese as the “obesity paradox,” a concept that Russell, the physician in Rochester, describes as “bonkers.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
The houses are still modest, certainly by comparison to the metabolically overwrought mansions of Beverly Hills and West L.A., but now the prices, like the views, are spectacular.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
“Their brains were less metabolically active,” as Dr. Strayer explains it in slightly more scientific terms.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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