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Meaning of ANABOLIC

Pronunciation:  `anu'bâlik

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

 

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