proliferative
proliferative adjective: of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.
Adjective
proliferative (comparative more proliferative, superlative most proliferative)
- Of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.
- ...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus 'age'...1988, Nydia G. Testa, Robert Peter Gale, Hematopoiesis: Long-Term Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation, Informa Health Care, →ISBN, page 327
- cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double.2000, Yvonne A., Christopher R. Barnett, Aging: Methods and Protocols, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 40
- Proliferating; tending to proliferate.
- ...they give rise to a progressive, proliferative, chronic arthritis.1940, Albert B. Sabin and Joel Warren, "The Curative Effect of Certain Gold Compounds on Experimental Proliferative, Chronic Arthritis in Mice," Journal of Bacteriology 40(6)
Noun
proliferative (plural proliferatives)
- Such a cell
proliferative meaning in Tamil
proliferative in Tamil
- எண்டோமெட்ரியம், பெருகு வகை
Forms of proliferative
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more proliferative |
| superlative | most proliferative |
| Noun | |
| plural | proliferatives |
Origin of proliferative
From proliferate + -ive.
Words formed from proliferative
- alloproliferative
- angioproliferative
- antiproliferative
- autoproliferative
- cytoproliferative
- endoproliferative
- fibroproliferative
- hematoproliferative
- hepatoproliferative
- hyperproliferative
- hypoproliferative
- immunoproliferative
- lymphoproliferative
- membranoproliferative
- mesangioproliferative
- myeloproliferative
- neoproliferative
- neuroproliferative
- nonproliferative
- osteoproliferative
- overproliferative
- postproliferative
- preproliferative
- proliferatively
- proproliferative
- squamoproliferative
- ulceroproliferative
- vasculoproliferative
- vasoproliferative
Questions about proliferative
- What does proliferative mean?
- Proliferative means of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.
- What is proliferative in Tamil?
- Proliferative in Tamil is எண்டோமெட்ரியம், பெருகு வகை. See Proliferative meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is proliferative?
- Proliferative can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near proliferative in the dictionary
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