Contacted a branch office Liberal in charge of corporal change (9)
I believe the answer is:
metabolic
'contacted a branch office liberal in charge of corporal change' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'contacted a branch office liberal in charge of' is the wordplay.
'contacted' becomes 'met'.
'branch office' becomes 'bo' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'in charge of' becomes 'ic'.
'met'+'a'+'bo'+'l'+'ic'='METABOLIC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for metabolic that I've seen before include "affecting body processes" , "Pertaining to chemical processes of life" , "concerning reactions in body" .)