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Anabatic \An`a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] more...
anabiosis \anabiosis\ n. 1. suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns. [WordNet 1.5] more...
anabiotic \anabiotic\ adj. 1. of or pertaining to anabiosis. [WordNet 1.5] more...
Anabolic \An`a*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. ? something heaped up; ? + ? a stroke.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature. [1913 Webster] more...
Metabolism \Me*tab"o*lism\, n. (Physiol.) 1. The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive enzymes. Hence, metabolism may be either more...
Anabranch \An"a*branch\, n. [Anastomosing + branch.] A branch of a river that re["e]nters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia] [1913 Webster] Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form more...
Anacamptic \An`a*camp"tic\, a. [Gr. ? to bend back; ? back + ? to bend.] Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo). [1913 Webster] Note: The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics. [1913 Webster]See also: catoptric Catoptrics more...