ANABOLIC

anabolic

(adjective) characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism; “some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily”

anabolic

(adjective) of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

anabolic (not comparable)

Of or relating to anabolism.

Antonyms

• catabolic

Noun

anabolic (plural anabolics)

An anabolic steroid.

Anagrams

• Bicolana

Source: Wiktionary


An`a*bol"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)

Definition: Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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