Associations to the word «Catabolism»

Wiktionary

CATABOLISM, noun. (biochemistry) destructive metabolism, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials

Dictionary definition

CATABOLISM, noun. Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King