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Meanings of katabolic in English

Portuguese
catabólico
Catalan
catabòlic

Characterized by destructive metabolism.

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catabólico

Organic process.

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Examples for "catabolic"
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Increased availability of lipids may conserve muscle protein during catabolic stress.
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Autophagy describes catabolic pathways that deliver cytoplasmic constituents for lysosomal degradation.
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ACTH was administered, possibly to check the catabolic breakdown of tissue.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
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Measurement of BMI alone does not define the compartmental catabolic losses in FFM.
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Indeed, alterations in mitochondrial morphology, distribution and function are common features in catabolic conditions.
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Usage of katabolic in English
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Expressed in biological formula, the habit of the plant is predominantly anabolic, that of the animal predominantly katabolic.
Sex and Society: Studies in the Social Psychology of Sex
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In the male metabolism is much more rapid than in the female; hence the male organism is said to be more katabolic.
Sociology and Modern Social Problems
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Geddes and Thomson and others have maintained that the sex-difference is one of metabolism, the ovum being more anabolic, the sperm more katabolic.
Hormones and Heredity / A Discussion of the Evolution of Adaptat...
Translations for katabolic
Portuguese
catabólico
Catalan
catabòlic
Katabolic through the time