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katastate Biol.|kəˈtæstət| [f. Gr. κατά down + στατ-ός placed.] One of the simpler products resulting from katabolism in a living organism.
1889Geddes & Thomson Evol. Sex xii. 162 The essentially katabolic male cell..brings to the ovum a supply of characteristic waste products or katastates, which stimulate the latter to division. 1893J. R. Davis Biol. (ed. 2) I. 13 Katabolism..involves the degradation of protoplasm into simpler and simpler compounds (katastates). |