anabolism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “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.

Translations
the constructive metabolism of the body

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