See Also: Antyllus(medicine)
Antyllus' method(medicine)

anabolism (iou) and Antyllus (medicine)


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.

Antyllus (medicine)


Antyllus
Greek physician, ca. 150 AntyllusD.

See: Antyllus' method.