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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.

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Glucose synthesis and glucose breakdown are examples of anabolic and catabolic pathways, respectively.

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Remember that anabolic cellular pathways require energy to synthesize complex molecules from simpler ones, and catabolic pathways release energy when complex molecules are broken down.

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Molecular energy stored in the bonds of complex molecules is released in catabolic pathways and harvested in such a way that it can be used to produce ATP.

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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 Eugene Arthur Hecker




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