anabolic

«anabolic» in Mova's school dictionary: building up bigger molecules from smaller ones in the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (anabolic)

meaning for a pupil

1) (science) Anabolic means building up bigger molecules from smaller ones in the body, like building muscle and growing. tree →

2) Anabolic steroids are drugs that build muscle; using them in sport is cheating and can harm health. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in biology (anabolism, the opposite of catabolism), health and sport news about doping and banned drugs.

examples

• Growth is an anabolic process. tree →
• Anabolic reactions use energy to build new tissue. tree →
• The athlete was banned for taking anabolic steroids. tree →
• Anabolic steroids can damage the heart and liver. tree →
• Sleep helps the body's anabolic work of repair. tree →
• Building proteins from amino acids is anabolic. tree →

note

Science word. Opposite: «catabolic» (breaking down). Anabolic steroids are not the same as steroid medicines like asthma inhalers or creams, which doctors give safely.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anabolic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.