Catabolism

Definition: Catabolism

Catabolism

Noun

1. Breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy.

Specialty Definitions: Catabolism

Domain	Definitions
Health	Any destructive metabolic process by which organisms convert substances into excreted compounds. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Catabolism

Synonyms: destructive metabolism (n), dissimilation (n), katabolism (n). (additional references)

Antonym: anabolism (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Catabolism

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Organization	Archegenesis. (production); antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph; ecology, oecology; erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination; isogamy, oogamy; karyaster; macrogamete, microgamete; metabolism, anabolism, catabolism; metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Catabolism

English words defined with "catabolism": catabolic, catabolise, catabolize ♦ destructive-metabolic ♦ energy-releasing ♦ katabolic ♦ starvation acidosis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "catabolism": 15-Oxoprostaglandin 13-Reductase ♦ Apolipoproteins C, Apolipoproteins E ♦ Cathepsin D, Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein ♦ FIGLU Test ♦ Histidine Ammonia-Lyase, Hypoxanthines ♦ Lipoproteins, VLDL Cholesterol ♦ Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency ♦ Parenteral Nutrition, Total ♦ Receptors, Somatotropin. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Catabolism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Romanian (catabolism).

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Commercial Usage: Catabolism

Domain	Title
Books	Extracellular Matrix As a Regulator of Cell Behavior: Biological Effects of Hyaluronan Biosynthesis and Catabolism (Comprehensive Summaries of uppsal (reference) Intracellular Protein Catabolism (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 389) (reference) Tyrosine catabolism; the biological, physiological, and clinical significance of p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate oxidase (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Catabolism

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Subjects with genetic defects in the production of HDL have more CHD than those with defects in the catabolism of HDL. The reasons for these variations in CHD incidence are poorly understood, but further investigation of such cases may shed light on the role of HDL in atherogenesis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Catabolism

"Catabolism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Catabolism" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	9	117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Catabolism

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
catabolism	37
catabolism polyamine	6
catabolism protein	3
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Modern Translations: Catabolism

Language		Translations for "catabolism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		分解代谢 (catabolic). (various references)

Danish		katabolisme (chemical breakdown, dissimilation). (various references)

Dutch		catabolisme (dissimilation), katabolisme. (various references)

Finnish		katabolia. (various references)

French		catabolisme (m), catabolisme. (various references)

German		Katabolismus (catabolic degradation), abbaustoffwechsel (catabolic degradation). (various references)

Greek		καταβολισμόσ, καταβολισμός (dissimilation). (various references)

Hebrew		ירי�"ת חמרים. (various references)

Hungarian		bontó anyagcsere. (various references)

Italian		catabolismo (dissimilation, katabolism). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		異化 (catabolic, dissimilation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いか (and downward, below, catabolic, clothes rack, cuttlefish, dissimilation, doctor, less than, medical department, medical science, not exceeding, squid, the following, the rest, under, up to). (various references)

Pig Latin		atabolismcay

Portuguese		catabolismo. (various references)

Romanian		catabolism. (various references)

Spanish		catabolismo. (various references)

Swedish		katabolism, dissimilation (dissimilation). (various references)

Turkish		katabolizma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Catabolism

Derivations
	Words beginning with "catabolism": catabolisms. (additional references)
	Words ending with "catabolism": hypercatabolism. (additional references)
	Words containing "catabolism": hypercatabolisms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Catabolism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carambolim, catabolisme, catebolism. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Catabolism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-l-m-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: bicoastal.
	-2 letters: atomical, balsamic, basaltic, blastoma, cabalism, cabalist, sailboat.
	-3 letters: abomasi, amatols, asocial, atomics, baalism, basmati, camails, cambial, cambist, catalos, citolas, coastal, cobalts, combats, lactams, lambast, oblasti, osmatic, solatia, somatic, somital, stoical, tambacs, timbals, tombacs.
	-4 letters: abatis, abomas, alamos, almost, amatol, ambits, atomic, baalim, balsam, basalt, biotas, bloats, cabals, calami, camail, cambia, camisa, casita.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-l-m-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: catabolisms, saltimbocca.
	+2 letters: saltimboccas.
	+3 letters: bombastically, megaloblastic.
	+4 letters: antimetabolics, antimicrobials.
	+5 letters: comparabilities, hypercatabolism, meroblastically.
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