Meaning of AMPHIBOLIC
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Am`phi*bol"ic\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*b[o^]l"[i^]c), a.
1. Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
2. Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | A metabolic pathway that can both create and destroy metabolites (that is, it is both anabolic and catabolic). Such an intermediate pathway allows using the breakdown products from one pathway as the substrates, or ingredients, for a compound in another pathway. |
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