1
[ adjective ] of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism

Related terms

anabolism

2
[ adjective ] characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism

Examples

"some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily"

Related terms

catabolic constructive-metabolic

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Rhymes with

parabolic metabolic phenolic workaholic nonalcoholic alcoholic symbolic hyperbolic diastolic melancholic metallic public nonpublic anencephalic republic frolic hydraulic psychedelic vitriolic bucolic allelic hydrophilic italic phallic malik gallic garlic anencephalic lick catholic acrylic non-catholic idyllic ehrlich gaelic relic cyrillic angelic click klick flick slick

Phonetic and Homophones

AE2 N AH0 B AA1 L IH0 K

Similar Spelling

anabolism Annapolis Anibal Anabel Annabel Anne_Boleyn

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