Search Result for "destructive metabolism":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy;
[syn: catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

destructive metabolism
    n 1: breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances
         into simpler ones together with release of energy [syn:
         catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive
         metabolism] [ant: anabolism, constructive metabolism]