メタボリック

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'.

• 健けん康こう診しん断だんでメタボリックシンドロームを指し摘てきされた。

  At my health checkup, I was told I had metabolic syndrome.