anabolism
NounSynonyms:
constructive metabolism
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energySynonyms: constructive metabolismOpposite catabolismType of assimilation, absorptionPart of metabolism, metabolic process
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aberrationnoun
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A·nab′o·lism (…), noun
Physiology The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54