Meaning

1 senses

  1. Of, or relating to catabolism.

    Near-synonym: catabolytic (sometimes synonymous)

    relating to or characterized by catabolism

Synonyms

2 synonyms
catabolytic
Close in meaning
  • characterized by destructive metabolism:katabolic
  • relating to or characterized by catabolism:katabolic

Antonyms

1 antonyms
anabolic

Word family

9 related words
Relatedcatabolism
Derivedanticataboliccatabolicallyhypercataboliclipocatabolicnoncatabolicosteocatabolicprocatabolicproteocatabolic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
casualtycatA1cataclysmcatacombcatalogueB2
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