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Anabolism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Metabolism \Me*tab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.)
The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up
and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive
material brought to them by the blood, or by which they
transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances,
which are fitted either for excretion or for some special
purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments.
Hence, metabolism may be either constructive ({anabolism),
or destructive ({katabolism).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Anabolism : \A*nab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.)
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished
from katabolism.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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