See Also: anabolism(medicine)
anabolism(dictionary)

anabolism (iou)



anabolism noun. L19.
[from Greek anabole a throwing up, ascent, from anaballein, formed as ANA- + ballein to throw: see -ISM.]
Biology. Constructive metabolism; the metabolic synthesis of complex substances and their incorporation into body tissue. Opp. CATABOLISM.