Search Result for "constructive_metabolism":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy;
[syn: anabolism, constructive metabolism]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

constructive metabolism
    n 1: the synthesis in living organisms of more complex
         substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together
         with the storage of energy [syn: anabolism, constructive
         metabolism] [ant: catabolism, destructive metabolism,
         dissimilation, katabolism]