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cataplerosis

cataplerosis noun: the removal of intermediate metabolites, especially in the citric acid cycle, to prevent their accumulation in the mitochondrial matrix.

Noun

cataplerosis

  1. The removal of intermediate metabolites, especially in the citric acid cycle, to prevent their accumulation in the mitochondrial matrix.

Origin of cataplerosis

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + πλήρωσις (plḗrōsis), from πληρόω (plēróō, “to fill”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).

Words formed from cataplerosis

Questions about cataplerosis

What does cataplerosis mean?
Cataplerosis means the removal of intermediate metabolites, especially in the citric acid cycle, to prevent their accumulation in the mitochondrial matrix.
What part of speech is cataplerosis?
Cataplerosis is a noun.

Words near cataplerosis in the dictionary

  1. cataplasm
  2. cataplasms
  3. cataplectic
  4. catapleiite
  5. catapleiites
  6. cataplerosis
  7. cataplerotic
  8. cataplerotically
  9. catapletic
  10. catapleurite
  11. catapleurites

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