D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Anabolic

/ănˌ-əb-äl'-ĭk/ · An·a·bol·ic · IPA /ˌænəˈbɑlɪk/
01 a. Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.(Physiol.)