"catabolism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈtæbəlɪzm/ Forms: catabolisms [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolḗ, “throwing down”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|καταβολή||throwing down}} Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolḗ, “throwing down”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} catabolism (usually uncountable, plural catabolisms)
  1. (biochemistry) Destructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials. Wikipedia link: catabolism Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biochemistry Synonyms: catabolisation, catabolization Derived forms: catabolize, catabolome, hypercatabolism, osteocatabolism Translations (destructive metabolism): catabolisme [masculine] (Catalan), 異化作用 (Chinese Mandarin), 异化作用 (yìhuà zuòyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), katabolismus [masculine] (Czech), katabolia (Finnish), catabolisme [masculine] (French), Katabolismus [masculine] (German), καταβολισμός (katavolismós) [masculine] (Greek), קטבוליזם (katabolízm) [masculine] (Hebrew), 異化 (ika) (alt: いか) (Japanese), 異化作用 (ika sayō) (alt: いかさよう) (Japanese), 이화 (ihwa) (Korean), 이화작용 (ihwajagyong) (Korean), katabolizm [masculine] (Polish), catabolismo [masculine] (Portuguese), катаболи́зм (katabolízm) [masculine] (Russian), катаболизам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), katabolizam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), catabolismo [masculine] (Spanish), katabolism [common-gender] (Swedish), kapsira (Tagalog)

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