Associations to the word «Anabolism»

Wiktionary

ANABOLISM, noun. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.

Dictionary definition

ANABOLISM, noun. The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats