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anabolism

noun as in assimilation

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In this way, anabolism and catabolism exist in balance with each other and are the ying and the yang of metabolism.

Anabolism requires the input of energy, in the form of food calories, and is the process by which the body stores energy.

Anabolism, the formation of more complex chemical bodies by the agency of protoplasm, 86.

In the processes of anabolism the products absorbed are built into the tissues and cells of the body.

The processes concerned in metabolism are chiefly those of building up, “anabolism,” and breaking down, “catabolism.”

Similar considerations as to the formation and breaking up of the molecules in anabolism and catabolism apply to polymerization.

Of course this may be a matter of anabolism, pure and simple.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anabolism, such as: catabolism, consumption, digestion, ingestion, inhalation, and metabolism.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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