constructive metabolism
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The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy (synset 113451668)
is a type of: absorption, assimilation - the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestionis a part of: metabolic process, metabolism - the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for lifesame as: anabolism
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