metabolostat

English

Noun

metabolostat (plural not attested)

1. (rare) An organ or system that regulates metabolism.
   • 1974, Lawrence E. Lamb, Metabolics: Putting Your Food Energy to Work:

     The liver should be regarded as the main food-processing plant. It is the metabolic stabilizer (metabolostat) for the body.

   • 1986, André Guillouzo, Isolated and Cultured Hepatocytes, page 30:

     The liver generally acts as an exquisite metabolostat, responding to the metabolic needs of the whole organism.