fat metabolism

1. 1.

   a metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body

   Broadermetabolism

Questions about fat metabolism

What does fat metabolism mean?

fat metabolism means "a metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body".

Is fat metabolism a common word?

fat metabolism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.