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katabolism

katabolism is the alternative form of catabolism.

Meaning of catabolism

Noun

catabolism (usually uncountable, plural catabolisms)

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

Forms of katabolism

pluralkatabolisms

Questions about katabolism

What is katabolism the alternative form of?
Katabolism is the alternative form of catabolism.

Words near katabolism in the dictionary

  1. katabatically
  2. katabatics
  3. katablepharid
  4. katablepharids
  5. katabolic
  6. katabolism
  7. katabolisms
  8. katabolite
  9. katabolites
  10. katabolize
  11. katabolized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katabolism (page history and authors); catabolism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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