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

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

term

TERM

for the

process

PROCESS

of chemical

change

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to
barter
- BARTER (from Fr. barater, to
  truck
  - TRUCK
  , to exchange)
; the ultimate derivation is probably from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to
bend
- BEND
)

in a living

cell

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)

(see

PHYSIOLOGY

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

).

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