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katabolize

katabolize is the alternative form of catabolize.

Meaning of catabolize

Verb

catabolize (third-person singular simple present catabolizes, present participle catabolizing, simple past and past participle catabolized)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo catabolism.
  2. (transitive) To cause (a substance) to undergo catabolism.
  3. (transitive) To produce (a substance) by catabolism.

Forms of katabolize

third-person singular presentkatabolizes
present participlekatabolizing
past participlekatabolized
pastkatabolized

Questions about katabolize

What is katabolize the alternative form of?
Katabolize is the alternative form of catabolize.

Words near katabolize in the dictionary

  1. katabolic
  2. katabolism
  3. katabolisms
  4. katabolite
  5. katabolites
  6. katabolize
  7. katabolized
  8. katabolizes
  9. katabolizing
  10. katachresis
  11. katacrotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katabolize (page history and authors); catabolize (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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