Mesostate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mesostate \Mes"o*state\, n. [Meso- + Gr. ? to make to stand.]
     (Physiol.)
     A product of metabolic action.
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     Note: Every mesostate is either an anastate or katastate,


           according as it is formed by an anabolic or katabolic
           process. See {Metabolism}.
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