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)

(biochemistry) Destructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.
Synonyms: catabolisation, catabolization

Antonym: anabolism

Derived terms

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 m
Swedish: katabolism c
Tagalog: kapsira

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French catabolisme.

Noun

catabolism n (uncountable)

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

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