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Definition of Katabolic
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 Katabolic
1. a. Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability.
Definition of Katabolic
1. Adjective. (alternative form of catabolic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Katabolic
Literary usage of Katabolic
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 (1891)
"... this part of the metabolism we may speak of as made up of katabolic changes.
On the other hand the living substance is continually building itself up, ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"The theory supposes the existence of what we may call a red-green visual substance,
of such a nature that so long as its metabolism is normal, katabolic and ..."
3. Regeneration: The Gate of Heaven by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie (1897)
"Anabolic and katabolic Crises.—Living matter is never at a standstill, until the
moment of death. Life is a state of flux, an equilibration of metabolism, ..."
4. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1907)
"The katabolic processes vary a great deal in the extent to which they are ...
Other katabolic changes, proceeding side by side with this very complete ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"But as examples of katabolic inertia I would include all cases of organs isolated
from all nervous and vascular connections, surviving by reason of the ..."
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