catabolic
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The digestible carbohydrates in an animal’s diet are converted to glucose molecules through a series of catabolic chemical reactions.
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During cellular respiration, oxygen aids in the catabolic breakdown of carbon compounds, like carbohydrates.
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This is a metabolic process, but is neither anabolic nor catabolic.
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This is both an anabolic and a catabolic process.
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One had an anabolic metabolism, one a catabolic.
From The Venus Trap by Evelyn E. Smith
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