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to regulate metabolism

to regulate metabolism

1 4.1
To control the body's way of making and using energy
  • phrasal verb
  • Specialized
translation icon : regular el metabolismo
  • A key genetic switch in the liver regulates glucose metabolism and insulin action in other organs of the body.
  • hormones that regulate metabolism
  • regulate your body's metabolism
  • help regulate metabolism

And your thyroid is at the base of your neck and your thyroid regulates your metabolism.

Examples

  • Thus, in adult mice, LD proteins regulate BAT metabolism and thermogenesis.

    Blog text (27)

  • While BAT has recently emerged as being present in humans, its role in regulating adult metabolism is unclear (85).

    Blog text (27)

  • Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism and has an impact on sepsis prognosis.

    Academic text (2017)

  • All cells regulate their metabolism to support the biochemical demands of cell-type-specific functions. The biochemical requirements of immune cells vary among different effector subsets and change over the course of an immune response.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Take vitamin supplements to help regulate your body's metabolism and biochemical functions.

  • The thyroid is the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the throat that regulates metabolism.

Antonyms

to disrupt
269 4.4

To interrupt normal activity and cause disorder

Surface Forms

regulate metabolism infinitive
regulated metabolism past
regulated metabolism past participle
regulating metabolism present participle
regulates metabolism third person singular

Morphology

regulate + metabolism

The meaning 'to control the chemical processes by which the body obtains and uses energy' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'regulate' (to modify or control) with 'metabolism' (the body's energy-converting processes). This is a straightforward verb + noun compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Regulate metabolism paints your body as a factory with a control dial. To regulate is like turning the dial to make the metabolism machines run faster or slower, so it means to 'control how the body makes and uses energy'.