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Metabolic vs Antimetabolite - What's the difference?

metabolic | antimetabolite |

As an adjective metabolic

is of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.

As a noun antimetabolite is

any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.

metabolic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.
  • Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.

    • Derived terms

    * metabolic pathway * metabolic syndrome

    Related terms

    * metabolize * metabolism

    antimetabolite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia antimetabolite) (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite