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CATABOLIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they catabolize ... he / she / it catabolizes
Past simple: catabolized
Past participle: catabolized
-ing form: catabolizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to catabolism
Synonyms:
catabolise; catabolize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "catabolize" is one way to...):
oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
catabolism (breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy)
Context examples:
Increased lipolysis and a fall in plasma triglycerides, in turn, leads to the modification of the small, dense low density lipoporotein (LDL) particles into larger particles that are catabolized more rapidly due to a greater affinity for cholesterol receptors.
(Fenofibrate, NCI Thesaurus)
