Catabolism Definition

kə-tăbə-lĭzəm
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.
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Noun

Singular:
catabolism
Plural:
catabolisms

Origin of Catabolism

  • From Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolē, “throwing down”), from κατά (kata, “down”) + βάλλω (ballō, “I throw”).

    From Wiktionary

  • cata– (meta)bolism

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Catabolism Sentence Examples

  • So any treatments that could reduce muscle catabolism might prove beneficial.

  • That pathway is discussed along with the topic of amino acid catabolism.

  • Hering has long insisted on a self-regulative adjustment of the cell metabolism, so that action involves reaction, increased catabolism necessitates after-increase of anabolism.

  • If protein turnover rates are measured in growing meat animals, the half-life for protein synthesis is shorter than the half-life for protein catabolism.

  • This lecture will examine how a common metabolite in both fat and carbohydrate catabolism could hold some insight into metabolic integration.

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Words Starting With

CCACAT

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MSMISM

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catabolism

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