hypermetabolic
adjective
medicalspecialized(alsohyper-metabolic)uk/ˌhaɪ.pə.met.əˈbɒl.ɪk/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚ.met̬.əˈbɑː.lɪk/typicalof, orshowing,unusuallyhighmetabolicactivity(= thechemicalprocesseswithin thebodyrequiredforlife):
Carbohydrates are usually theprimarysourceof non-proteincaloriesduring the hypermetabolicstate.
In mostpatients, hyper-metabolicsymptomsdiminish6 to 8weeksaftertreatment.
- Tissue can be hypermetabolic for differentreasons.
- APETscanrevealedthat the hypermetabolicmasspreviouslyhadgrownto 6 x 4 cm.
- Patients with hyperthyroidism are hypermetabolic andloseweight.
Physical & chemical processes
- absorbable
- absorptive
- absorptive capacity
- acidification
- addition reaction
- condense
- electrolysis
- evaporate
- evaporation
- excitability
- excitation
- excite
- exergonic
- oxidize
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- reliquefy
- reliquify
- solidify