catabolism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταβολή (katabolḗ, “throwing down”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).

Noun

catabolism (usually uncountable, plural catabolisms)

(biochemistry) Destructive metabolism, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.

Antonyms

anabolism

Derived terms

Translations

destructive metabolism

Catalan: catabolisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異化作用 (zh), 异化作用 (zh) (yìhuà zuòyòng)
Czech: katabolismus m
Finnish: katabolia (fi)
French: catabolisme (fr) m
German: Katabolismus (de) m
Greek: καταβολισμός (el) m (katavolismós)
Hebrew: קטבוליזם‎ (he)
Japanese: 異化 (ja) (いか, ika), 異化作用 (いかさよう, ika sayō)

Korean: 이화 (ihwa), 이화작용 (ihwajagyong)
Polish: katabolizm m
Portuguese: catabolismo (pt) m
Russian: катаболи́зм (ru) m (katabolízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: катаболизам m

Roman: katabolizam (sh) m
Spanish: catabolismo m
Swedish: katabolism c
Tagalog: kapsira

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