Medical Dictionary
catabolism
noun ca·tab·o·lism
Medical Definition of CATABOLISM
: destructive metabolism involving the release of energy and resulting in the breakdown of complex materials within the organism—compare anabolism
Variants of CATABOLISM
ca·tab·o·lism also ka·tab·o·lism \kə-ˈtab-ə-ˌliz-əm\
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