proliferative

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Definition of proliferative

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.

“...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus 'age'...”
“cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double.”
“We conclude that aneuploidy causes not only a proliferative disadvantage but also a set of phenotypes...”

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adj

(not-comparable)Of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.

“...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus 'age'...”
“cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double.”
“We conclude that aneuploidy causes not only a proliferative disadvantage but also a set of phenotypes...”
Proliferating; tending to proliferate.

“...they give rise to a progressive, proliferative, chronic arthritis.”

noun

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From proliferate + -ive.

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