ANABOLISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy

Synonyms:

anabolism; constructive metabolism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("anabolism" is a kind of...):

absorption; assimilation (the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion)

Holonyms ("anabolism" is a part of...):

metabolic process; metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

Antonym:

catabolism (breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy)

Derivation:

anabolic (characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism)

anabolic (of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism)