anabolism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ism. Formed in analogy with metabolism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnæ.bəˌlɪ.zəm/

Noun

anabolism (usually uncountable, plural anabolisms)

1. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
   • 2008, Carlon M. Colker, Extreme Muscle Enhancement, 3rd edition, pages 13–14:

     We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.

Derived terms

• osteoanabolism

 

Related terms

• anabolic
• anabolize

Translations

the constructive metabolism of the body

• Albanian: anabolizmi
• Catalan: anabolisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同化作用 (zh) (tónghuà zuòyòng)

• Czech: anabolismus (cs) m
• Danish: anabolisme
• Dutch: anabolisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: anabolo
• Estonian: anabolism (et)
• Finnish: rakennusaineenvaihdunta, anabolia (fi)
• French: anabolisme (fr) m
• German: Anabolismus (de) m
• Greek: αναβολισμός (el) m (anavolismós)
• Hungarian: anabolizmus (hu), asszimiláció (hu)
• Indonesian: anabolisme (id)
• Irish: borrshó m, anabalacht f
• Italian: anabolismo (it)
• Japanese: 同化 (ja) (どうか, dōka), 同化作用 (どうかさよう, dōka sayō)
• Korean: 합성대사 (hapseongdaesa)
• Maori: whakapetohanga pūngao
• Norwegian: anabolisme
• Occitan: anabolisme
• Persian: فراگشت (fa)
• Polish: anabolizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: anabolismo (pt)
• Russian: анаболи́зм (ru) m (anabolízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: анаболизам m

  Roman: anabolizam (sh) m

• Slovak: anabolizmus m
• Slovene: anabolizem m
• Spanish: anabolismo m
• Sundanese: anabolisme
• Swedish: anabolism (sv)
• Tagalog: kapyari
• Thai: กระบวนการสร้าง (gràbuan gaan sâang)

References

• “anabolism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anabolisme.

Noun

anabolism n (uncountable)

1. anabolism

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	anabolism	anabolismul		anabolisme	anabolismele
genitive-dative	anabolism	anabolismului		anabolisme	anabolismelor
vocative	anabolismule			anabolismelor

Swedish

Noun

anabolism c

1. anabolism

   Antonym: katabolism

Declension

Declension of anabolism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	anabolism	anabolisms
	definite	anabolismen	anabolismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• anabol (“anabolic”)

References

• anabolism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anabolism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)