From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmetabolizeme‧ta‧bol‧ize (also metabolise British English) /məˈtæbəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] HBMto change food in your body into energy and new cells, using chemical processes→ See Verb table
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metabolize• The company argued that it is not a drug because the body does not metabolize it. 