anastate \an"a*state\ ([a^]n"[.a]*st[asl]t), n. [Gr. 'ana` up +
ista`nai to make to stand.] (Physiol.)
One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by
constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of
protoplasm; -- opposed to {katastate}. --Foster.
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