Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Relating to or of the nature of catabolism.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, or relating to catabolism.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to catabolism.
- adj. characterized by destructive metabolism; contrasted with
anabolic .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or characterized by catabolism
- adj. characterized by destructive metabolism
Examples
“So he's really looking at this from a whole different perspective, looking at your lean mass versus your fat and saying that if you go into a starvation mode, which he is claiming is every three hours, and that might be a little bit an overstatement, that you get into what's called a catabolic state, and you're breaking down your muscle mass, which is what keeps burning at higher calorie levels.”
“And cardio does nothing to increase muscle mass, and in fact can decrease muscle mass cardio is catabolic, meaning that it breaks down tissue, including muscle; weight training is anabolic, meaning that it builds tissue.”
“The combat frames were obviously several generations into the relationship: when discovered, their catabolic furnaces were already atrophying, forcing them to continue protecting the solar platform.”
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“When the body is out of balance, or in what is called negative homeostasis, the anabolic and catabolic systems may not function properly, leading to fatigue, depression, insomnia, anxiety, weight imbalance and lack of libido.”
“What many of the experts who develop these programs fail to point out is that the body is extremely catabolic after an eight-hour fast and its metabolism is at its slowest point, which furthers fat loss and increases muscle wastage.”
“It is important to note that overexercising can further put us into a catabolic state, in which complex molecules are broken down into simpler ones.”
“Cortisol, the catabolic hormone that breaks down tissue to make it available as energy for the body, is completely turned off during slow-wave sleep.”
“Cortisol, for example, is a catabolic hormone, and its function is to break things down.”
“The arginine catabolic mobile element and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec linkage: convergence of virulence and resistance in the USA300 clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘catabolic’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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bolics
shambolic, parabolic, anabolic, diabolical, diabolic, catabolic, symbolic, metabolic, hyperbolic, carbolic acid, amphibolic, ecbolic and 9 more...
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cata-, cat-, kata-
down(ward), wrongly or badly, completely, against
catadromous, catastrophe, katabatic, catachresis, cataclysm, catapult, catatonic, catatonia, catawampus, catalyst, catabolic, catabolism and 24 more...
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Newsweek
All the words that are fit to be made up. Or, you know, to get into a weekly newsmagazine. I've been meaning to make this list for a long time.
brohawk, blasian, ghitalian, mcmansion, mcstrip mall, cornet wales, i could tell you ..., mackerel-snapper, tous les beaux es..., in the tank, longheadedness, kusa and 101 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, C
cryptoxanthin, convent, calcar, chuckle, campanile, covet, complexion, campestral, chirography, counterscarp, caliginous, catabolism and 722 more...
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-bolic, bolo-, -boly
thrown down/out/in/together/beyond
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LizardBreath's Words
specious, termagant, mullet, callipygian, inchoate, palolo, importunate, impecunious, trinitarian, reptilian, insufflator, absquatulate and 14 more...
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reesetee Wow. Spooky article. Feb 21, 2009
chained_bear "The levels of stress hormones are sufficient to turn off the immune system and to produce a catabolic state, in which the body begins to break down and feed on itself. The average weight loss in three days is 22 pounds."
—Ben Sherwood, "Lessons in Survival," Newsweek, Feb. 23, 2009, 56. Feb 20, 2009