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Meanings of katabolic in English
Portuguese
catabólico Catalan
catabòlic Characterized by destructive metabolism.
Related terms
Usage of katabolic in English
1
Expressed in biological formula, the habit of the plant is predominantly anabolic, that of the animal predominantly katabolic.
2
In the male metabolism is much more rapid than in the female; hence the male organism is said to be more katabolic.
3
Geddes and Thomson and others have maintained that the sex-difference is one of metabolism, the ovum being more anabolic, the sperm more katabolic.
Frequent collocations
Katabolic through the time