Anaplerosis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anaplerosis \an`a*ple*ro"sis\ ([a^]n`[.a]*pl[-e]*r[=o]"s[i^]s),
     n.
     1. (Med.) A filling up; restoring a defective part;
        especially, promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
        [AS]
  


     2. (Med) The process of restoring the depleted cellular
        metabolic intermediate pools; most commonly used to refer
        to the restoration of the citric acid cycle intermediates
        pool.
        [AS]