Catabolism Synonyms and Antonyms

kə-tăbə-lĭzəm
The process in a plant or animal by which living tissue is changed into energy and waste products of a simpler chemical composition; destructive metabolism
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. katabolism
  2. dissimilation
  3. destructive metabolism
Antonyms:
  1. anabolism

Words Related to Catabolism

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. gluconeogenesis
  2. lipolysis
  3. glycogenolysis
  4. phosphocreatine
  5. lipase
  6. peroxidation
  7. lipogenesis
  8. glucose-6-phosphate
  9. proteoglycan
  10. aggrecan

Catabolism Sentence Examples

  • So any treatments that could reduce muscle catabolism might prove beneficial.

  • That pathway is discussed along with the topic of amino acid catabolism.

  • Hering has long insisted on a self-regulative adjustment of the cell metabolism, so that action involves reaction, increased catabolism necessitates after-increase of anabolism.

  • If protein turnover rates are measured in growing meat animals, the half-life for protein synthesis is shorter than the half-life for protein catabolism.

  • This lecture will examine how a common metabolite in both fat and carbohydrate catabolism could hold some insight into metabolic integration.

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