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catabolic

[kat-uh-bol-ik] / ˌkæt əˈbɒl ɪk /


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This is a metabolic process, but is neither anabolic nor catabolic.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Physical exercise involves both catabolic and anabolic processes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The digestible carbohydrates in an animal’s diet are converted to glucose molecules through a series of catabolic chemical reactions.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The cell responds to an abundance of the products by slowing down production during anabolic or catabolic reactions.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

She has, if you please, become temporarily catabolic.

From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur




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