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catabatic wind |
catabiosis |
catabiotic |
catabolic |
catabolise |
catabolism
| catabolize
| catacala
| catacaustic
| catachresis
| catachrestic
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catabolism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun catabolism has 1 sense
- catabolism(n = noun.process) destructive metabolism, dissimilation, katabolism - breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy; Array is a part of metabolic process, metabolism
is a kind of biological process, organic process
Antonym: anabolism
Derived forms adjective catabolic2, adjective catabolic1, verb catabolize1, adjective katabolic2, adjective katabolic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
catabolism, n.
the breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy, in living organisms; destructive or downward metabolism; -- a form of metabolism , opposed to anabolism . See also Disassimilation. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
catabolism, n. (also katabolism) Biochem. the breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms to form simpler ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism (opp. ANABOLISM).
Derivative
catabolic adj.
Etymology
Gk katabole descent f. kata down + bole f. ballo throw
THESAURUS
catabolism
assimilation, avatar, basal metabolism, 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
catabolism
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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