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anabolic definition
anabolic |
Grep of noun anabolic anabolic steroid Overview of adj anabolic The adj anabolic has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. anabolic -- (or or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism) 2. anabolic -- (characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism; "some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily") Antonyms of adj anabolic 1 of 2 senses of anabolic Sense 2 anabolic (vs. catabolic) catabolic (vs. anabolic), katabolic => destructive-metabolic(postnominal), energy-releasing(postnominal) Similarity of adj anabolic 2 senses of anabolic Sense 1 anabolic Pertains to noun anabolism (Sense 1) =>anabolism, constructive metabolism => organic process, biological process Sense 2 anabolic (vs. catabolic) => constructive-metabolic(postnominal), energy-storing(postnominal) Attributes of adj anabolic Familiarity of adj anabolic anabolic used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj anabolic anabolic Overview of adj anabolic The adj anabolic has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. anabolic -- (or or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism) 2. anabolic -- (characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism; "some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily")
anabolic definition