The breaking down of complex chemical compounds to simpler ones by an organism's metabolic processes (= catabolism, n.); an instance of this.
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释义 | the world > life > biology > biological processes > metabolism > [noun] > types of (9) disassimilation1809 The breaking down of complex chemical compounds to simpler ones by an organism's metabolic processes (= catabolism, n.); an instance of this. dissimilation1830 The action of making, or process of becoming, unlike: opposed to assimilation, n. Used spec. in: (a) (Philology) the differentiation of two… anabolism1886 The ‘ascending’ process in metabolism, in which simpler substances, as nutritive matter, are transformed into more complex ones, and thus built up… catabolism1889 That phase of the metabolism of living bodies which consists in the breaking down of complex organic compounds into simpler ones; destructive… basal metabolism1914 the metabolism of an organism in a fasting and resting state; so (see quots.). hypometabolism1932 metabolism at a low rate. hypermetabolism1937 metabolism at a high rate. cryptobiosis1959 Biology. A condition in which an organism (or an egg, seed, etc.) is in a dormant and resistant state without visible signs of life, remaining so… methylotrophy1972 The type of metabolism observed in methylotrophs. |
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