different between metabolism vs anabolism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (metabol?, “change”) +? -ism, from ????????? (metabáll?, “I change, I alter”) +? -? (-?, “action noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??tab.?l.?z.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m??tæ.b?l??z.?m/

Noun

metabolism (countable and uncountable, plural metabolisms)

1. (physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

   Hyponyms: anabolism, catabolism

2. (figuratively, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system.
   • 1980, Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave (page 230)

     The results of this generalized speedup of the corporate metabolism are multiple: shorter product life cycles, more leasing and renting, more frequent buying and selling, more ephemeral consumption patterns, […]

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French métabolisme

Noun

metabolism n (uncountable)

1. metabolism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???- (ana-, “up”) + ????? (báll?, “I throw”) + -ism. Formed in analogy with metabolism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?næ.b?.?l?.z?m/

Noun

anabolism (usually uncountable, plural anabolisms)

1. The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
   • 2008, Carlon M. Colker, Extreme Muscle Enhancement, 3rd edition, page 13-14.

     We used to think bodybuilding was all about anabolism by way of turning on testosterone and growth hormone secretion.

Related terms

• anabolic
• anabolize

Translations

References

• anabolism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Romanian

Etymology

From French anabolisme

Noun

anabolism n (uncountable)

1. anabolism

Declension