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  1. In biology, the destructive part of
  2. metabolism where living tissue is changed
  3. into energy and waste products. It is the
  4. opposite of anabolism. It occurs continuously
  5. in the body, but is accelerated during many
  6. disease processes, such as fever, and in
  7. starvation.
  8.