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Anabolism

A-nab′o-lism

,

Noun.

(Physiol.)

The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from

catabolism

.

Definition 2024

anabolism

anabolism

English

Noun

anabolism ‎(usually uncountable, plural anabolisms)

The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
- 2008, Carlon M. Colker, Extreme Muscle Enhancement, 3rd edition, page 13-14.
  We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.

Related terms

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Translations

the constructive metabolism of the body

Albanian: anabolizmi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同化作用 (zh) ‎(tónghuà zuòyòng)
Czech: anabolismus (cs) m
Danish: anabolisme
Dutch: anabolisme (nl) n
Esperanto: anabolo
Estonian: anabolism (et)
French: anabolisme (fr) m
German: Anabolismus m
Greek: αναβολισμός (el) m ‎(anavolismós)
Hungarian: anabolizmus (hu), asszimiláció (hu)
Irish: borrshó m, anabalacht f
Italian: anabolismo (it)
Japanese: 同化 ‎(どうか, dōka), 同化作用 ‎(どうかさよう, dōka sayō)
Korean: 합성대사 ‎(hapseong daesa)

Norwegian: anabolisme
Occitan: anabolisme
Persian: فراگشت (fa)
Polish: anabolizm (pl) m
Portuguese: anabolismo (pt)
Russian: анаболи́зм (ru) m ‎(anabolízm)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: анаболизам m

Roman: anabolizam (sh) m
Slovak: anabolizmus m
Slovene: anabolizem m
Spanish: anabolismo m
Sundanese: anabolisme
Swedish: anabolism (sv)
Tagalog: kapyari
Thai: กระบวนการสร้าง ‎(gràbuan gaan sâang)

References

anabolism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913