metabolically

adjective

1. of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
2. undergoing metamorphosis.

adj.1845 in biological sense, from German metabolisch (1839), from Greek metabolikos “changeable,” from metabole “a change, changing, a transition” (see metabolism). Used earlier in a general sense of “involving change” (1743). Related: Metabolically. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resulting from metabolism.