metabolically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
Having a strong sense of smell can be metabolically costly, Bird notes, so it’s possible that domestication and reliance on humans for food slackened the evolutionary pressure to maintain such a sharp olfactory edge.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 26, 2024
Tumor cells are more metabolically active than healthy cells and have more transport proteins and channels in their cell membranes.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 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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