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Definition of Anabolic
1. Adjective. Of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism.
2. Adjective. Characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism. "Some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily"
Definition of Anabolic
1. a. Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.
Definition of Anabolic
1. Adjective. Of, or concerning anabolism. ¹
2. Noun. An anabolic steroid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anabolic
1. pertaining to a process by which food is built up into protoplasm [adj]
Medical Definition of Anabolic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anabolic
Literary usage of Anabolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"... though dominant, are accompanied as we have seen by anabolic events, by
reconstruction of the secreting cell substance for instance; and these latter we ..."
2. The Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1997)
"How do anabolic Steroids Work? AAS are synthetic derivatives of the hormone ...
Testosterone has both androgenic (masculinizing effects) and anabolic ..."
3. The Evolution of Sex by Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson (1908)
"If influences favouring katabolism make for the production of males, and if
anabolic conditions favour females, then we are strengthened in our previous ..."
4. Regeneration: The Gate of Heaven by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie (1897)
"Living matter is never at a standstill, until the moment of death. Life is a
state of flux, an equilibration of metabolism, consisting of anabolic and ..."
5. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings, (1993) by Wai Choy, Dean R. Gerstein, Rashna Ghadialy, Felicia Gray (1998)
"Prevalence of anabolic Steroid and "Ice" Use About .4% of the surveyed population
age 12 and older had ever used anabolic steroids in their lifetime (Table ..."
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