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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

anaplerosis

/(ăn`ȧ*plē̇*rō"sĭs)/ · an·a·ple·ro·sis · IPA
01 n. A filling up; restoring a defective part; especially, promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
  1. 1.
    A filling up; restoring a defective part; especially, promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.(Med.)
  2. 2.
    The process of restoring the depleted cellular metabolic intermediate pools; most commonly used to refer to the restoration of the citric acid cycle intermediates pool.(Med)