Of, relating to, or of the nature of disassimilation; catabolic.

Pertaining to, involving, or exhibiting anabolism; constructively metabolic: opp. to catabolic, adj.

Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting catabolism.

Of an animal or its metabolism: producing nitrogenous waste chiefly in the form of urea.

Of an animal or its metabolism: producing nitrogenous waste chiefly in the form of uric acid or urates, as in certain insects, birds, and reptiles…

Biology. Of or exhibiting cryptobiosis (cryptobiosis, n. 2).

of hypermetabolism.