CATABOLIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they catabolize ... he / she / it catabolizes

Past simple: catabolized

Past participle: catabolized

-ing form: catabolizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to catabolism

Synonyms:

catabolise; catabolize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "catabolize" is one way to...):

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

Credits

Context examples:

Increased lipolysis and a fall in plasma triglycerides, in turn, leads to the modification of the small, dense low density lipoporotein (LDL) particles into larger particles that are catabolized more rapidly due to a greater affinity for cholesterol receptors.