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anabolism

/uh-nab-uh-liz-uhm/US // əˈnæb əˌlɪz əm //UK // (əˈnæbəˌlɪzəm) //

新陈代谢,合成代谢,同化作用,代谢

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Biology, Physiology.

    • : constructive metabolism; the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances from simpler ones.

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Examples

  • In this way, anabolism and catabolism exist in balance with each other and are the ying and the yang of metabolism.

  • Anabolism requires the input of energy, in the form of food calories, and is the process by which the body stores energy.

  • Anabolism, the formation of more complex chemical bodies by the agency of protoplasm, 86.

  • In the processes of anabolism the products absorbed are built into the tissues and cells of the body.

  • The processes concerned in metabolism are chiefly those of building up, “anabolism,” and breaking down, “catabolism.”

  • Similar considerations as to the formation and breaking up of the molecules in anabolism and catabolism apply to polymerization.

  • Of course this may be a matter of anabolism, pure and simple.