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catabolically

noun

the process in a plant or animal by which living tissue is changed into energy and waste products of a simpler chemical composition; destructive metabolism

Origin: < cata- + Gr bolē, a throw < ballein, to throw (see ball) + -ism

Related Forms:

catabolic adjective
catabolically adverb

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