adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to anabolism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: catabolic
Standard Lemma guide
anabolic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌænəˈbɑlɪk/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈbɒlɪk/
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rhymes with -ɒlɪk
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CMU ARPABET: AE2 N AH0 B AA1 L IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An anabolic steroid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: catabolic
adjective
Meaning 4
of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: anabòlic — relating to anabolism
- Chinese Mandarin: 合成代谢的 (héchéng dàixiè de) — relating to anabolism
- Chinese Mandarin: 同化作用的 (tónghuà zuòyòng de) — relating to anabolism
- Czech: anabolický — relating to anabolism
- Finnish: anabolinen — relating to anabolism
- French: anabolique — relating to anabolism
- German: anabol — relating to anabolism
- German: anabolisch — relating to anabolism
- Greek: αναβολικός (anavolikós) — relating to anabolism
- Irish: anabalach — relating to anabolism
- Italian: anabolico — relating to anabolism
- Māori: whakapeto pūngao — relating to anabolism
- Polish: anaboliczny — relating to anabolism
- Portuguese: anabólico — relating to anabolism
- Russian: анаболи́ческий (anabolíčeskij) — relating to anabolism
- Spanish: anabólico — relating to anabolism
- Spanish: anabolizante — relating to anabolism
- Swedish: anabol — relating to anabolism
- Welsh: anabolig — relating to anabolism
- Czech: anabolikum — anabolic steroid
- Finnish: anaboli — anabolic steroid
- German: Anabolikum — anabolic steroid
- Polish: anabolik — anabolic steroid
- Portuguese: anabólico — anabolic steroid
- Portuguese: anabolizante — anabolic steroid
- Portuguese: esteroide — anabolic steroid
- Russian: анабо́лик (anabólik) — anabolic steroid
- Serbo-Croatian: анабо̀лик — anabolic steroid
- Serbo-Croatian: anabòlik — anabolic steroid
- Spanish: anabolizante — anabolic steroid
- Spanish: anabólico — anabolic steroid
- Swedish: anabol — anabolic steroid
- Swedish: anabola — anabolic steroid
Real reading context