Catabolism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.
You can make 828 anagrams from letters in catabolism (aabcilmost).
1875-80; Greek katabol(ḗ) a throwing down (kata- cata- + bolḗ a throw; compare katabállein to throw down) + -ism
The processes concerned in metabolism are chiefly those of building up, “anabolism,” and breaking down, “catabolism.”
He thinks of the world as an animal organism subject to what are now called anabolism and catabolism.
In this way, anabolism and catabolism exist in balance with each other and are the ying and the yang of metabolism.
We have seen that a centre of catabolism is a hypertonic focus of diffusion.
Similar considerations as to the formation and breaking up of the molecules in anabolism and catabolism apply to polymerization.
Every centre of catabolism is therefore a positive pole of diffusion.
In catabolism, the worn particles from the cells, and the dead cells no longer useful are broken up and thrown out of the body.
Consider, on the other hand, a centre of catabolism, where the molecules are being broken up into fragments or smaller groups.
Swelling of the spleen is caused by catabolism of the Malpighian bodies.
In catabolism, cells break down those large molecules to release energy and dispose of waste.
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