The art and craft of shaping metal.

(physiology) The speed of metabolism.

(physiology) The amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state.

(physiology) A series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.

plural of metabolic rate

plural of metabolic pathway

plural of basal metabolic rate

(biochemistry) The ability of individual cells to maintain a healthy level of metals within the cell.

plural of metal detector

(linguistics) A former metaphor which has in effect lost its metaphorical status and become literal. Not to be confused with stale metaphor (a type of cliché), although it often is.