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anabatic |
anabiosis |
anabiotic |
anabolic |
anabolic steroid |
anabolism
| anabranch
| anabrus
| anabrus simplex
| anacœnosis
| anacamptic
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anabolism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun anabolism has 1 sense
- anabolism(n = noun.process) constructive metabolism - the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy; Array is a kind of absorption, assimilation
is a part of metabolic process, metabolism
Derived forms adjective anabolic2, adjective anabolic1
Antonym: catabolism
CIDE DICTIONARY
anabolism, n.
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anabolism, n. Biochem. the synthesis of complex molecules in living organisms from simpler ones together with the storage of energy; constructive metabolism (opp. CATABOLISM).
Etymology
Gk anabole ascent (as ANA-, ballo throw)
THESAURUS
anabolism
assimilation, avatar, basal metabolism, catabolism, catalysis, consubstantiation, displacement, heterotopia, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, mutant, mutated form, mutation, permutation, reincarnation, sport, transanimation, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transformism, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmogrification, transmutation, transposition, transubstantiationROGET THESAURUS
anabolism
Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.
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