anabolic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: anabolic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for anabolic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anabolic adj of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism; "some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily" Antonym(s): catabolic, katabolic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anabolic \An`abol"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] something heaped up; [?] + [?] a stroke.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic* changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.