anabolic

See also: anabòlic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈbɑlɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈbɒlɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

Adjective

anabolic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to anabolism.

   Antonym: catabolic

   • 2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline‎:

     Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use.

Derived terms

• anabolically
• anabolic steroid
• anabolic window
• antianabolic
• bolasterone
• neuroanabolic
• nonanabolic
• osteoanabolic
• proteoanabolic

Translations

relating to anabolism

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: anabòlic m Chinese: Mandarin: 合成代谢的 (héchéng dàixiè de), 同化作用的 (tónghuà zuòyòng de) Czech: anabolický Finnish: anabolinen (fi) French: anabolique (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: anabol (de) Greek: αναβολικός (el) (anavolikós) Irish: anabalach Italian: anabolico (it) Korean: please add this translation if you can Maori: whakapeto pūngao Polish: anaboliczny Portuguese: anabólico Russian: анаболи́ческий (ru) m (anabolíčeskij) Spanish: anabólico Swedish: anabol (sv) Welsh: anabolig

See also

• ergogenic

Noun

anabolic (plural anabolics)

1. An anabolic steroid.

Translations

anabolic steroid

Czech: anabolikum n Finnish: anaboli German: Anabolikum (de) n Polish: anabolik m Portuguese: anabólico m, anabolizante (pt) m, esteroide (pt) m Russian: анабо́лик (ru) m (anabólik) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: анабо̀лик m Roman: anabòlik (sh) m Swedish: anabol (sv) c, anabola (sv) c (informal)

Anagrams

• Bicolana

Interlingua

Adjective

anabolic (not comparable)

1. anabolic