Destructive chemical processes in living creatures.
In biology, the destructive part of metabolism where living tissue is changed into energy and waste products.
It is the opposite of anabolism. It occurs continuously in the body, but is accelerated during many disease processes, such as fever, and in starvation.
Breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy; SYN. katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism. + prikaži više