katabolism

Noun

Meaning

Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

catabolism dissimilation destructive metabolism catabolise biological process

Antonyms

anabolism

Hypernyms

biological process organic process

Close letter words and terms

katabatically katablepharid katabolic katabolite katabolize katachresis