Usually means: Breaking down molecules for energy.
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  1. katabolic: Collins English Dictionary
  2. katabolic: Vocabulary.com
  3. katabolic: Wordnik
  4. katabolic: Wiktionary
  5. Katabolic, katabolic, katabolic: Dictionary.com
  6. Katabolic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Katabolic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. katabolic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. katabolic: Rhymezone
  10. Katabolic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. katabolic: FreeDictionary.org
  12. katabolic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. katabolic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. katabolic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. katabolic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. katabolic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of catabolic [Of, or relating to catabolism.]

Similar:
catabolic, destructive-metabolic, energy-releasing, hydrolytical, metabolical, katalytic, uncatabolised, biocatalytical, cataclysmatic, catabatic, more...

Opposite:
anabolic, catabolic reversal, anabolism

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Similar:
catabolic, destructive-metabolic, energy-releasing, hydrolytical, metabolical, katalytic, uncatabolised, biocatalytical, cataclysmatic, catabatic, more...

Opposite:
anabolic, catabolic reversal, anabolism



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