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re⋅pro⋅duc⋅tion

[ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act or process of reproducing.
2. the state of being reproduced.
3. something made by reproducing an original; copy; duplicate: a photographic reproduction; a reproduction of a Roman vase.
4. Biology. the natural process among organisms by which new individuals are generated and the species perpetuated.

Origin:
1650–60; re- + production


3. replica, facsimile. 4. generation, propagation.
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re·pro·duc·tion   (rē'prə-dŭk'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced.

  2. Something reproduced, especially in the faithfulness of its resemblance to the form and elements of the original: a fine reproduction of a painting by Matisse.

  3. Biology The sexual or asexual process by which organisms generate new individuals of the same kind; procreation.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·pro·duc·tion
Pronunciation: "rE-pr&-'d&k-sh&n
Function: noun
: the act or process of reproducing;specifically : the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring and which fundamentally consists of the segregation of a portion of the parental body by a sexual or anasexual process and its subsequent growth and differentiation into a new individual
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reproduction re·pro·duc·tion (rē'prə-dŭk'shən)
n.

  1. The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced.

  2. Recall of a memory.

  3. The sexual or asexual process by which organisms generate others of the same kind.

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