异化作用

Traditional form:

異化作用

Pinyin (reading):

yìhuàzuòyòng

Definitions:

• catabolism (biology)
• metabolic breaking down and waste disposal
• dissimilation

Characters:

• 异 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use

Traditional characters:

• 異 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use