| metabolic rate | 3.75 | Fish normally have a high metabolic rate. | ||
| metabolic disorder | 1.71 | A metabolic disorder? | ||
| metabolic disease | 0.86 | Did she have a rare metabolic disease? | ||
| metabolic activity | 0.66 | Throughout the experiment, Clegg detected no metabolic activity at all. | ||
| metabolic acidosis | 0.59 | Use of diuretics that increase the urinary excretion of bicarbonate can cause metabolic acidosis. | ||
| metabolic process | 0.53 | Buffer base reflects metabolic processes which influence acid-base balance. | ||
| metabolic alkalosis | 0.46 | This indicates the presence of a metabolic alkalosis. | ||
| metabolic product | 0.33 | They produce metabolic products that may be lethal to modern bacteria. | ||
| metabolic state | 0.33 | This, he said, is the metabolic state in which the body works at peak efficiency. | ||
| metabolic system | 0.33 | His cardiovascular, hormone, muscle, bone and metabolic systems will be checked for the effects of space. | ||
| metabolic pathway | 0.26 | Even a simple bacterium like E. coli is a jungle of interconnected metabolic pathways. | ||
| metabolic problem | 0.26 | Even after that, doctors said, dangers remain from infections or metabolic problems. | ||
| metabolic syndrome | 0.26 | Metabolic syndrome greatly increases the risk of diabetes, heart attacks and stroke. |