metabolize

(mĭ-tăb'ə-līz')

v., -lized, -liz·ing, -liz·es.

v.tr.

1. To subject (a substance) to metabolism.
2. To produce (a substance) by metabolism.

v.intr.
To undergo change by metabolism.

metabolizable me·tab'o·liz'a·ble adj.

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(mĭ-tăb'ə-līz')
v., -lized, -liz·ing, -liz·es.

1. To subject to metabolism.
2. To produce by metabolism.
3. To undergo change by metabolism.

or metabolise 1

1. to affect by metabolism.
2. to effect metabolism.

—metabolizable or metabolisable adj.

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Capable of being converted by metabolism.

• m. energy (ME) — said of a feed or ration, the net energy available to an animal after the utilization of some energy in the processes of digestion and absorption and the loss of some of the material as being undigested or indigestible.