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METABOLISM (from Gr. ,uera(3oXh, change)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 198 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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METABOLISM (from Gr. ,uera(3oXh, change)

METABOLISM (from Gr. ,uera(3oXh,
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CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)
change) , the biological

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TERM

term for the

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PROCESS

process of chemical

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CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in a living

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CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell (see

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PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

PHYSIOLOGY) .

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