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Definition of Catabolic
1. Adjective. Relating to or characterized by catabolism.
2. Adjective. Characterized by destructive metabolism.
Similar to: Destructive-metabolic, Energy-releasing
Antonyms: Anabolic
Derivative terms: Catabolism, Catabolism
Definition of Catabolic
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to catabolism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catabolic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Catabolic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Catabolic
Literary usage of Catabolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Physiology: With Special Reference to Plant Production by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1911)
"Oxygen promotes catabolic processes. — The studies which have been made upon the
decomposition and hydrolysis of protein and other foods and the ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"In conclusion, the questions which present themselves are :— Dr. WM Fletcher
pointed out that in the muscle cell only the catabolic processes had been ..."
3. Light Energy: Its Physics, Physiological Action and Therapeutic Applications by Margaret Abigail Cleaves (1904)
"These toxins or poisons act by reducing the catabolic functions of the body tissues,
... This theory only refers to what the author calls the sub-catabolic ..."
4. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"catabolic activity ; when catabolism ceases, life ceases ; the organism is dead
... The catabolic processes of the plant are carried on either by the living ..."
5. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1912)
"Every act of consciousness is the expression of a catabolic disturbance in the
cortical ... conduct no other impulses than catabolic excitation processes. ..."
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