Definition of anabolism Anabolism

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What does anabolism mean?

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Noun

Plural: anabolisms

anabolism - the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
  constructive metabolism
  absorption, assimilation (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
  metabolic process, metabolism the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • anabolism (n.)
    The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.

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  • anabolism
    Biosynthesis of molecules in cells and part of metabolism.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • anabolism
    an-ab′ol-izm, n. the constructive processes within the protoplasm, by which food or other material, at a relatively low level, passes through an ascending series of ever more complex and unstable combinations, till it is finally worked up into living matter. [Gr. anabolē, 'rising up.']

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  • Anabolism is the set of metabolic pathways that make molecules from smaller units.

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