Synonyms for "catabolism" (39 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

anabolismassimilationavatarbasal metabolismcatalysis

Noun(3 words)

catabolisationcatabolizationcatabolysis

Strong matches (12)

consubstantiationdisplacementheterotopiametabolismmetagenesismetamorphismmetamorphosismetastasismetathesis

Noun(3 words)

destructive metabolismdissimilationkatabolism

Related words (19)

metempsychosismutantmutated formmutationpermutationreincarnationsporttransanimationtransfigurationtransfigurementtransformationtransformismtranslationtranslocationtransmigrationtransmogrificationtransmutationtranspositiontransubstantiation

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

biological processorganic process

Antonyms

2 entries

anabolism

Related terms

2 entries

cataboliccatabolytic

derived

4 entries

catabolizecatabolomehypercatabolismosteocatabolism

has context

1 entries

biochemistry

is a

3 entries

biochemical processmass catabolic pathwayorganic process

part of

1 entries

metabolism

related to

2 entries

destructivemetabolism

Translations

22 translations across 19 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• catabolisme noun (destructive metabolism)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 異化作用 /异化作用 noun (destructive metabolism)

Czech

1 entries

• katabolismus noun (destructive metabolism)

Finnish

1 entries

• katabolia noun (destructive metabolism)

French

1 entries

• catabolisme noun (destructive metabolism)

German

1 entries

• Katabolismus noun (destructive metabolism)

Greek

1 entries

• καταβολισμός noun (destructive metabolism)

Hebrew

1 entries

• קטבוליזם noun (destructive metabolism)

Hindi

1 entries

• अपचय noun (destructive metabolism)

Japanese

2 entries

• 異化 noun (destructive metabolism)
• 異化作用 noun (destructive metabolism)

Korean

2 entries

• 이화 noun (destructive metabolism)
• 이화작용 noun (destructive metabolism)

Polish

1 entries

• katabolizm noun (destructive metabolism)

Portuguese

1 entries

• catabolismo noun (destructive metabolism)

Russian

1 entries

• катаболи́зм noun (destructive metabolism)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• katabolizam noun (destructive metabolism)
• катаболизам noun (destructive metabolism)

Spanish

1 entries

• catabolismo noun (destructive metabolism)

Swedish

1 entries

• katabolism noun (destructive metabolism)

Tagalog

1 entries

• kapsira noun (destructive metabolism)

Turkish

1 entries

• katabolizma noun (destructive metabolism)

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