anabolic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: an=a=bol=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

anabolic, a. [Gr. something heaped up; + a stroke.].

 Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anabolic, adj. Biochem. of or relating to anabolism.

Idiom

anabolic steroid any of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to increase muscle size.