noun
metabolic; relating to metabolism
Katakana scientific and health-related term corresponding to 'metabolic'. It is especially familiar as the modifier in compounds such as メタボリックシンドローム; this word's English gloss is simply 'metabolic'.
健康診断でメタボリックシンドロームを指摘された。
At my health checkup, I was told I had metabolic syndrome.
The standard Sino-Japanese noun for 'metabolism'; メタボリック is the katakana modifier meaning 'metabolic'.
A casual shortened form often used for metabolic syndrome or being overweight; メタボリック is the fuller term used in compounds and more technical contexts.
A katakana scientific or medical term meaning 'metabolic'. No explicit language-of-origin information is specified, so no further historical derivation is asserted.