Meaning Of The Word Catabolism

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catabolism in American English
the process in a plant or animal by which living tissue is changed into energy and waste products of a simpler chemical composition; destructive metabolism
noun: destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism)

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