ANABOLISM
Dictionary entry overview: What does anabolism mean? • ANABOLISM (noun)
The noun ANABOLISM has 1 sense:
1. the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
Familiarity information: ANABOLISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANABOLISM (noun)
Meaning:
The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
anabolism; constructive metabolism
Hypernyms ("anabolism" is a kind of...):
absorption; assimilation (the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion)
Holonyms ("anabolism" is a part of...):
metabolic process; metabolism; metastasis (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)
Antonym:
catabolism (breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy)
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