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Basal metabolism

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000641

The basic essential metabolic processes required to keep the body alive, healthy and, where applicable, growing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000641
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEnergy metabolism; Basal metabolic rate
TranslationsSpanish: metabolismo basal
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000641",
  "term": "Basal metabolism",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The basic essential metabolic processes required to keep the body alive, healthy and, where applicable, growing.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "energy metabolism",
    "basal metabolic rate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "metabolismo basal"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/basal-metabolism/"
}

Record 635 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.