D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

anastate

/(ăn"ȧ*stā̇t)/ · an·a·state · IPA /ˈænəsteɪt/
01 n. One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- oppose…
  1. 1.
    One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate.(Physiol.)