Catabolic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to or of the nature of catabolism.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to catabolism.
  • adjective. characterized by destructive metabolism; contrasted with anabolic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, or relating to catabolism.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to or characterized by catabolism
  • adjective. characterized by destructive metabolism
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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    metabolic  
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