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Anabolism
The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.
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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…
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The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation…
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Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.
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Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.
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The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by th…
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