Metabole(n.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.
Metabolic(a.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.
Metabolic(a.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.
Metabolism(n.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).
Metabolize(v. t. & i.) To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism.

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