Synset

the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
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metabolic process

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

metabolic metabolize

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

organism, being

hyponym

respiration, internal respiration, cellular respiration basal metabolism fat metabolism glycolysis

part meronym

anabolism, constructive metabolism catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle

hypernym

organic process, biological process