Expressed in biological formula, the habit of the plant is predominantly anabolic, that of the animal predominantly katabolic.
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Katabolic
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Compared with the female, the male animal is katabolic; he is active, impulsive, destructive, skilful, creative, intense, spasmodic, violent.
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