English words starting with met

Meanings of Met:

combining form

Variant spelling of meta- shortened before a vowel or h (as in metonym ).

abbreviation

Meteorological.

Usage examples:

A met report

verb

Arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone).

Usage examples:

A week later i met him in the street

noun

A secondary malignant growth at a distance from a primary site of cancer; a metastasis.

Usage examples:

Historically, women with brain mets have been excluded from clinical trials

Meanings of Meta:

adjective

Short for meta key.

combining form

Denoting a change of position or condition.

Usage examples:

Metamorphosis

Meanings of Metabases:

noun

The transferral of an argument from one subject, case, etc., to another of the same kind; an inference or connection based on (usually spurious) analogy.

Meanings of Metabasis:

noun

The transferral of an argument from one subject, case, etc., to another of the same kind; an inference or connection based on (usually spurious) analogy.

Meanings of Metabasite:

noun

A fully metamorphosed form of a basic rock such as basalt or dolerite.

Meanings of Metabiological:

adjective

That is beyond biology, or lies outside the scope of ordinary biological inquiry.

Meanings of Metabiology:

noun

Originally: the study of philosophical questions which arise from or relate to biological discoveries and theories but lie beyond the scope of conventional biology. now also: the study of second-order questions about the nature, methodology, etc., of biology.

Meanings of Metabiosis:

noun

A form of ecological dependence in which modification of the environment by an organism, especially a microorganism, provides conditions that enable one or more different kinds of organism to grow and multiply. also: the alteration of the environment brought about by such a relationship.

Meanings of Metabiotic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or involving metabiosis.

Meanings of Metabisulphite:

noun

The anion s₂ o₅ 2−; a salt containing this, frequently used as a sterilizing agent or preservative.

Meanings of Metabletic:

adjective

In the phenomenological psychology of j. h. van den berg: of or relating to metabletics.

Meanings of Metabole:

noun

More broadly: any change.

Meanings of Metabolic:

adjective

Relating to or deriving from the metabolism of a living organism.

Usage examples:

A metabolic disorder

Meanings of Metabolise:

verb

(of the body or an organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.

Usage examples:

Protease inhibitors interfere with the body's capacity to metabolize fat

Meanings of Metabolised:

verb

(of the body or an organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.

Usage examples:

Protease inhibitors interfere with the body's capacity to metabolize fat

Meanings of Metabolising:

verb

(of the body or an organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.

Usage examples:

Protease inhibitors interfere with the body's capacity to metabolize fat

Meanings of Metabolism:

noun

The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

Usage examples:

The metabolism of fatty acids in the kidney

Meanings of Metabolite:

noun

A substance formed in or necessary for metabolism.

Usage examples:

The plasma membrane transport of other metabolites such as amino acids and sugars can also be assay…

Meanings of Metabolites:

noun

A substance formed in or necessary for metabolism.

Usage examples:

The plasma membrane transport of other metabolites such as amino acids and sugars can also be assay…

Meanings of Metabolizability:

noun

The ability to be metabolized, or to be made available by metabolic processes.

Meanings of Metabolized:

verb

(of the body or an organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.

Usage examples:

Protease inhibitors interfere with the body's capacity to metabolize fat

Meanings of Metabolizes:

verb

(of the body or an organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.

Usage examples:

Protease inhibitors interfere with the body's capacity to metabolize fat

Meanings of Metabolizing:

verb

(of the body or an organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.

Usage examples:

Protease inhibitors interfere with the body's capacity to metabolize fat

Meanings of Metabolon:

noun

An unstable atom produced in the process of radioactive decay.

Meanings of Metabolous:

adjective

Of an insect: that undergoes metamorphosis.