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Proliferation
Pro*lif`er*a"tion\, n. 1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation. --Virchow. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
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proliferation
1867, "formation or development of cells," from Fr. proliferation, from prolifere "producing offspring," from L. proles "offspring" (see prolific) + ferre "to bear" (see infer). Meaning "enlargement, extension, increase" is from 1920; esp. of nuclear weapons (1966). Proliferate is a back-formation, first recorded 1873.
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Main Entry: pro·lif·er·a·tion
Pronunciation: pr&-"lif-&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : rapid and repeatedproduction of new parts or of offspring (as in a mass of cells by a rapid succession of cell divisions) b : a growth so formed
2 : the action, process, or resultof increasing by or as if by proliferation
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proliferation pro·lif·er·a·tion (prə-lĭf'ə-rā'shən)
n.
The growth and reproduction of similar cells.
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