catabolism

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtæbəlɪzm/

Noun

catabolism (usually uncountable, plural catabolisms)

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

   Synonyms: catabolisation, catabolization, catabolysis

   Antonym: anabolism

Derived terms

• catabolize
• catabolome
• hypercatabolism
• osteocatabolism

 

Related terms

• catabolic (adj)
• catabolytic (adj)

 

Translations

destructive metabolism

• Catalan: catabolisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異化作用／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) m (katabolízm)
• 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 (es) m
• Swedish: katabolism c
• Tagalog: kapsira
• Turkish: katabolizma (tr)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French catabolisme.

Noun

catabolism n (uncountable)

1. catabolism

Declension

declension of catabolism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) catabolism	catabolismul
genitive/dative	(unui) catabolism	catabolismului
vocative	catabolismule