Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Reproductive; budding or sprouting into new similar forms.
Wiktionary
- adj. not comparable, cytology of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
- adj. proliferating; tending to proliferate
Examples
“This thickening of the uterine lining is called the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle, and it can vary in length from six to twenty days.”
“Yet under a microscope, there are different types, from simple fluid-filled cysts to what's called proliferative breast disease because it's made of growing cells.”
“This second stage is called the proliferative stage.”
“In 20 percent of patients, the disease then progresses to advanced "proliferative" retinopathy.”
“He said that the proliferative growth (hyperplasia) of the (endometrial) cells lining the uterus implies changes in important reproductive hormones.”
“Stem cells exist at higher frequency, are more proliferative, and have higher accessibility in the early gestational fetus than in postnatal life.”
“We are manipulating our normal physiology with birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy, often increasing our exposure to cancer stimulating, proliferative hormones.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Cancer Risk Factors: 10 Things Women Should Keep in Mind
“Remodeling phase 3 weeks - years: The body transforms and replaces the collagen that was placed during the proliferative phase into a stronger collagen to support structure and function over the long term.”
“One exciting paper just published demonstrated that a constituent of this herb can combat proliferative changes seen in rheumatoid arthritis.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Richard Palmquist: Science Rediscovers the Forgotten Herb Andrographis
“Increased IL-4 production and attenuated proliferative and pro-inflammatory responses of splenocytes from wild-caught rats Rattus norvegicus.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘proliferative’.
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Life is rife .................
-ife- & -iferous : common and not-so-common words about life
fructiferous, ifere, glomuliferous, graniferous, guttiferales, lifen, manifest, nimbiferous, oviferous, roriferous, petaliferous, rangifer and 105 more...
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five syllables
ontogenesis, phylogenesis, concatenation, androgenesis, extra textual, inexorably, spagyrically, apophenia, iatrochemist, monocotyloid, morphological, parthenogenic and 941 more...
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describing psl302
Descriptive words from my Human Physiology course, with an emphasis on words that are not well listed on wordie.org (ie. ideally first entry).
concomitantly, transcortical, monosynaptic, commissural, pepperminty, proliferative, gabaergic, periglomerular, fungiform, rubrospinal, ependymal, axonemal and 11 more...
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