Word
anabolic, adj.
characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism
<adj.all>
anabolic
sample sentences
"some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
anabolism
antonym
catabolic
semantic pointers
similar to
constructive-metabolic, energy-storing
of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism
<adj.pert>
anabolic
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
anabolism
derived from/pertains to
anabolism