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.
He's worried about his metabolic-syndrome-type build.