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(an-a-bol-ic) 4 syllables

Definition

noun. constructive metabolism; the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances from simpler ones opposed to catabolism.

Example Sentence

Olympic testing of athletes for anabolic steroids began in 1976.

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Rhymes

  • balik
  • bolich
  • bolick
  • collick
  • falik
  • folic
  • frolic
  • holick
  • hollick
  • kralik
  • krolick
  • malec
  • polich
  • pollick

  • bialik
  • bucolic
  • kovalik
  • kowalik
  • michalec
  • nikolic
  • phenolic
  • symbolic

  • alcoholic
  • anabolic
  • diastolic
  • hyperbolic
  • melancholic
  • metabolic
  • parabolic
  • vitriolic
  • workaholic

  • nonalcoholic
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