Usually means: Excessively high metabolic rate condition.
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  1. hypermetabolism: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypermetabolism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hypermetabolism: Wiktionary
  4. hypermetabolism: Dictionary.com
  5. Hypermetabolism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. hypermetabolism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) The physiological state of increased metabolic activity, typically occurring after significant damage to the body

Similar:
photometabolism, metametabolism, normometabolism, metabonomics, macrometabolism, metabolism, tachymetabolism, thermometabolism, exometabolism, metabolic rate, more...

Opposite:
hypometabolism, slow metabolism

Phrases:
extrathyroidal hypermetabolism, more...

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Similar:
photometabolism, metametabolism, normometabolism, metabonomics, macrometabolism, metabolism, tachymetabolism, thermometabolism, exometabolism, metabolic rate, more...

Opposite:
hypometabolism, slow metabolism

Phrases:
extrathyroidal hypermetabolism, more...



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