anabolism

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (ana, “up”) + βάλλω (ballō, “I throw”) + -ism. Formed in analogy with metabolism.

Noun

anabolism (usually uncountable; plural anabolisms)

1. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
   • 2008, Carlon M. Colker, Extreme Muscle Enhancement, 3rd edition, page 13-14.

     We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.

Related terms

• anabolic

Translations

the constructive metabolism of the body

Albanian: anabolizmi (sq) Croatian: anabolizam (hr) m. Czech: anabolismus (cs) Danish: anabolisme (da) Dutch: anabolisme (nl) n. Esperanto: anabolo (eo) Estonian: anabolism (et) French: anabolisme (fr) m. German: Anabolismus (de) m. Greek: αναβολισμός (el) (anavolismos) m. Hungarian: anabolizmus (hu), asszimiláció (hu) Italian: anabolismo (it) Korean: 합성대사 (ko)

Mandarin: 同化作用 (cmn) Norwegian: anabolisme (no) Occitan: anabolisme (oc) Persian: فراگشت (fa) Polish: anabolizm (pl) m. Portuguese: anabolismo (pt) Russian: анаболизм (ru) Slovene: anabolizem (sl) Spanish: anabolismo (es) m. Sundanese: anabolisme (su) Swedish: anabolism (sv) Thai: กระบวนการสร้าง (th)

References

• anabolism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913