metaboly

British

/ mɪˈtæbəlɪ /

noun

biology the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape

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

From In the Days of the Comet by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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