The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνά“up”
- English todayanaplerotic
From anaplerosis, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up”) + πληρόω (plēróō, “to fill”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀνά all →
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anaplerotic
Today it means: Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle). Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀνά