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Webster 1828 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. to fill.] Filling up; supplying or renovating flesh.

Noun.

A medicine which renews flesh or wasted parts.

anaplerotic ‎(not comparable)

(biochemistry, of a reaction) Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).
(medicine, dated) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.

of a reaction: forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway

anaplerotic ‎(plural anaplerotics)