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anaplerotic

anaplerotic adjective: forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).

Adjective

anaplerotic (not comparable)

  1. Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).
  2. (dated) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.

Antonyms of anaplerotic

Origin of anaplerotic

From anaplerosis, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up”) + πληρόω (plēróō, “to fill”).

Words formed from anaplerotic

Questions about anaplerotic

What does anaplerotic mean?
Anaplerotic means forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).
What part of speech is anaplerotic?
Anaplerotic is an adjective.

Words near anaplerotic in the dictionary

  1. anaplastologists
  2. anaplastology
  3. anaplasty
  4. anapleroses
  5. anaplerosis
  6. anaplerotic
  7. anaplerotically
  8. anapleural
  9. anapleurosis
  10. anapleurotic
  11. anapleurotically

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