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What is metabolism?

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Metabolism is the sum total of chemical reactions taking place in the cells of the living organisms.

All metabolic changes that take place are in multiple reactions and follow a particular pathway called the metabolic pathway.

Metabolism ("change") can also be defined as the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.


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