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