proliferate
verb (used with or without object)
to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
proliferative
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a word derived from
proliferate.
Example Sentences
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"We think that when cells are taken out of the body and grown in the lab, they lose some of their 'stemness' and proliferative capacity and that doesn't happen here."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Alexis said, "It is clearly important to focus on proliferative cancer cells, but we also need to understand this population of quiescent dormant cancer cells. And that's been less studied."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Their limbs contain stem cells restricted to specific cell-type needs, a process that appears to operate similarly to the repair-specific proliferative cells observed in the jellyfish.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023
One of the features that make bone marrow transplants work as well as they do is the proliferative capability of hematopoietic stem cells of the bone marrow.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The cells of the damaged tissues, under the influence of this irritation, undergo certain proliferative changes, which are designed to restore the normal structure and configuration of the part.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
