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metabolism (n.)
in physiology sense, 1878, from French
métabolisme
, from Greek
metabole
"a change," from
metaballein
"to change," from
meta-
"change" (see
meta-
) +
ballein
"to throw" (from PIE root
*gwele-
"to throw, reach").