catabolism

catabolism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolḗ, “throwing down”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtæbəlɪzm/

Noun

catabolism (usually uncountable, plural catabolisms)

1. (biochemistry) Destructive metabolism, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.

Antonyms

• anabolism

Derived terms

• catabolome
• hypercatabolism

Translations

destructive metabolism

Catalan: catabolisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 異化作用／异化作用 (zh) (yìhuà zuòyòng) Czech: katabolismus m Finnish: katabolia (fi) French: catabolisme (fr) m German: Katabolismus (de) m Greek: καταβολισμός (el) m (katavolismós) Hebrew: קטבוליזם‎ (he) m (katabolízm) Japanese: 異化 (ja) (いか, ika), 異化作用 (いかさよう, ika sayō) Korean: 이화 (ihwa), 이화작용 (ihwajagyong) Polish: katabolizm m Portuguese: catabolismo (pt) m Russian: катаболи́зм (ru) m (katabolízm) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: катаболизам m Roman: katabolizam (sh) m Spanish: catabolismo m Swedish: katabolism c Tagalog: kapsira

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Romanian

Etymology

From French catabolisme.

Noun

catabolism n (uncountable)

1. catabolism

Declension

declension of catabolism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) catabolism	catabolismul
genitive/dative	(unui) catabolism	catabolismului
vocative	catabolismule