Anabolism Definition
ə-năbə-lĭzəm
noun
The process in a plant or animal by which food is changed into living tissue; constructive metabolism.
Webster's New World
The phase of metabolism in which simple substances are synthesized into the complex materials of living tissue.
American Heritage Medicine
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- constructive metabolism
- transformism
- transfigurement
- metagenesis
- heterotopia
- consubstantiation
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Anabolism
Noun
Singular:
anabolism
Plural:
anabolismsOrigin of Anabolism
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From Ancient Greek ἀνά (ana, “up”) + βάλλω (ballō, “I throw”) + -ism. Formed in analogy with metabolism.
From Wiktionary
ana– (meta)bolism
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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