ANABOLIC - Definition

Pronunciation:		`anu'bâlik
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism; "some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily" [adj] of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism

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	Synonyms:	constructive-metabolic(a), energy-storing(a)

	Antonyms:	catabolic, katabolic


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\An`a*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. ? something heaped up; ? + ? a stroke.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

Medical Dictionary

	Definition:	Constructive tissue change, as contrasted with destructive (catabolic).