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Metabolism vs Bioinorganic - What's the difference?

metabolism | bioinorganic |

As a noun metabolism

is (physiology) the complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells.

As an adjective bioinorganic is

(biochemistry|inorganic chemistry) describing the influence of inorganic compounds (especially metals) on biological processes, or the metabolism and biosynthesis of inorganic materials (such as silica).

metabolism

English

(wikipedia metabolism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physiology) The complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells.

    • bioinorganic

    English

    Adjective

    (bioinorganic chemistry) (-)
  • (biochemistry, inorganic chemistry) Describing the influence of inorganic compounds (especially metals) on biological processes, or the metabolism and biosynthesis of inorganic materials (such as silica)