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PRONUNCIATION OF KATABOLIC

katabolic  [ˌkætəˈbɒlɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KATABOLIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Katabolic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES KATABOLIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

katabolic

Metabolism

Metabolism is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of living organisms. These enzyme-catalyzed reactions allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments. The word metabolism can also refer to all chemical reactions that occur in living organisms, including digestion and the transport of substances into and between different cells, in which case the set of reactions within the cells is called intermediary metabolism or intermediate metabolism. Metabolism is usually divided into two categories. Catabolism, that breaks down organic matter and harvests energy by way of cellular respiration, and anabolism that uses energy to construct components of cells such as proteins and nucleic acids. The chemical reactions of metabolism are organized into metabolic pathways, in which one chemical is transformed through a series of steps into another chemical, by a sequence of enzymes. Enzymes are crucial to metabolism because they allow organisms to drive desirable reactions that require energy that will not occur by themselves, by coupling them to spontaneous reactions that release energy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KATABOLIC


alcoholic
ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk
ametabolic
əˌmɛtəˈbɒlɪk
anabolic
ˌænəˈbɒlɪk
antimetabolic
ˌæntɪˌmetəˈbɒlɪk
carbolic
kɑːˈbɒlɪk
catabolic
ˌkætəˈbɒlɪk
diabolic
ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk
ecbolic
ɛkˈbɒlɪk
embolic
ɛmˈbɒlɪk
epibolic
ˌepɪˈbɒlɪk
holometabolic
ˌhɒləʊˌmetəˈbɒlɪk
hydraulic
haɪˈdrɒlɪk
hyperbolic
ˌhaɪpəˈbɒlɪk
hypermetabolic
ˌhaɪpəˌmetəˈbɒlɪk
metabolic
ˌmetəˈbɒlɪk
nonsymbolic
ˌnɒnsɪmˈbɒlɪk
parabolic
ˌpærəˈbɒlɪk
shambolic
ʃæmˈbɒlɪk
symbolic
sɪmˈbɒlɪk
thromboembolic
ˌθrɒmbəʊɛmˈbɒlɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KATABOLIC

kat
kata
katabases
katabasis
katabatic
katabolically
katabolism
katabothron
katadromous
katakana
katana
Katanga
Katar
Katari
katathermometer
katavothron

WORDS THAT END LIKE KATABOLIC

amphibolic
anti-Catholic
bucolic
catholic
chocoholic
colic
cytosolic
diastolic
frolic
glycolic
Greek Catholic
melancholic
non-Catholic
Old Catholic
phenolic
polyphenolic
Roman Catholic
shopaholic
systolic
workaholic

Synonyms and antonyms of katabolic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «katabolic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KATABOLIC

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Translator English - Chinese

katabolic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

catabólicos
570 millions of speakers

English

katabolic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

katabolic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

katabolic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

katabolic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

katabolic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

katabolic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

katabolic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Katabolic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

katabolischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

katabolic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

katabolic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Katabolic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

katabolic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

katabolic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कटालिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

katabolic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

catabolici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

katabolicznych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

katabolic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

katabolic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

katabolic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

katabolic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

katabolic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

katabolic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of katabolic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KATABOLIC»

The term «katabolic» is normally little used and occupies the 131.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KATABOLIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about katabolic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KATABOLIC»

Discover the use of katabolic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to katabolic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Behaviourism: The Early Years
When the red rays strike the eye, the katabolic phase prevails in the red-green substance, and the subject reacts to the red rays. When the green rays strike the eye, the anabolic phase prevails, and the subject reacts to the green rays. Similarly ...
Robert H. Wozniak, 1995
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Sex And Sex Worship
4% of total Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/2% of total *Most blindness is caused by neglect of cleanliness during childbirth and is not a result of katabolic tendencies. These conditions of neglect will not depend on the sex of the expected child, ...
Otto Augustus Wall, 2014
3
Psychology Books Part - 1:
Expressedin biological formula, the habitof the plant is predominantly anabolic, thatof the animal predominantly katabolic. Certain biologists, limitingtheir attention inthemain tothe lower forms of life,have maintained very plausibly thatmales ...
Publishthis, 2013
4
Feminism and Science
This conclusion was confirmed by looking at the katabolic behavior of adult males (shorter life span, greater activity and smaller size) compared to the energy -conserving habits of females who they described as "larger, more passive, ...
Nancy Tuana, 1989
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Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature
The “forces preservative of race,” Geddes and Thomson explained, are split between male katabolic expenditure of energy and female anabolic absorption of energy. Katabolism is the “power to sustain individual life (individuation); anabolism ...
Ruth Bienstock Anolik, 2007
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Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture
It is no more possible to convert a normal anabolic creature into one who is effectively katabolic than it is possible to convert a plum-pudding into anything resembling a gun.53 Although Williams, like many of his contemporaries, was sure that ...
Amy Erdman Farrell, 2011
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Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume II (Of 3) Post-Darwinian ...
Similarly with respect to the theory of the Origin of Sex, I am unable to perceive even this much of scientific relevancy. As stated by its authors the theory is, that the female iseverywhere "anabolic," as comparedwith the male, which is " katabolic.
George John Romanes
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General Psychology 2 Vols. Set
For example, as has been said before, a feeling of colour from the red and green fluids is due to the katabolic action. Now, if the eyes are removed from the red colour and are cast on a brown base, katabolic action according to the tendency of ...
Ram Nath Sharma, S.S. Chandra, S.S. Chandra, 2003
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English Medicine and the Cambridge School
We see, therefore, that in pain, fear, rage and any intense excitement the anabolic activities of the body are in abeyance, and the katabolic activities go on unchecked. Potential energy is converted into kinetic, and reserves are freely spent.
Walter Langdon Brown, 2014
10
Women and Sexuality in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
'Katabolic' is a term used by geneticists to denote the energy dispensing nature of men, as opposed to 'anabolic', which denotes the energy conserving nature of women. With reference to Tess I deliberately misapply 'katabolic' to revise what ...
Rosemarie Morgan, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KATABOLIC»

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Rebel Girls: 5 Bad Theories on Gender and Sex From Way Back …
Women's anabolic nature nurtured, and men's katabolic nature drove them to create. These ideas set up the structures for a lot of binarist and ... «Autostraddle, Nov 14»

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