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CATABOLISM

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 489 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CATABOLISM , oI KATABOLISM (Gr . Kara, down, floXi, a throw), the biological

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TERM

term for the

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REVERSE

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ANABOLISM (Gr. Iva, up, f3oXil, a throw)

anabolism, namely the breaking down of complex into simpler substances, destructive

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METABOLISM (from Gr. ,uera(3oXh, change)

metabolism (see

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PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

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