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proliferative

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for proliferative.

Editorial note

Fibroblasts: The Master Builders Once the site is cleaned and secured, the rebuilding process, known as the proliferative phase, can begin.

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Quick take

Such a cell

Meaning at a glance

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noun

Such a cell

adjective

Proliferating; tending to proliferate.

adjective

(not comparable, cytology) Of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for proliferative.

noun

Such a cell

adjective

Proliferating; tending to proliferate.

adjective

(not comparable, cytology) Of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells.

Example sentences

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Fibroblasts: The Master Builders Once the site is cleaned and secured, the rebuilding process, known as the proliferative phase, can begin.

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There are a lot of cellular proliferative conditions that will get big, but never go anywhere (e.g., uterine fibromas).

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We observed remarkable increase of DCX-labeled newborn neurons together with Ki67-labeled proliferative cells in the dentate granule layer (Figures 7B–7E).

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Older vegetarians revealed significantly suppressed proliferative response of T-lymphocytes to mitogens (P < 0.001).

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There is no way this stuff is healthy just looking at its proliferative effects.

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Presumably stealth genes do not evolve first, but rather proliferative genes.

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Please, let's engage with the real science that has been done, studying the mechanisms by which cell growth control goes awry and chemotherapy targets proliferative growth.

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It has a shotgun effect on so many proliferative pathways.

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You might have started with a failure of the immune system, in the sense that something like autoimmune proliferative syndrome means cells that should be committing suicide aren't, and so eventually you have cancer.

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> Essentially, fasting causes a switch in healthy cells from a proliferative state towards a maintenance and repair state.

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I'm filled with regret now because they appear to be a concise and insightful thinker, or at least an effective proliferative of good ideas.

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Because exposing human kidney and liver cells to microplastics results in morphological, metabolic, proliferative changes and cellular stress, these results indicate the potential undesirable effects of microplastics on human health.

Quote examples

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Case 2: long stretches of "non-coding" DNA actually have a use, and are thus a proliferative gain.

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The explanation in the article is sort of along those lines, if cancer cells' inability to switch to a protective state is due to their faulty programming always keeping them in a growth mode: "Essentially, fasting causes a switch in healthy cells from a proliferative state towards a maintenance and repair state.

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Not sure if this is 100% true but "It had been widely accepted that a woman was born with a limited number of eggs [...] But, in 2012 this dogma was challenged in a paper that found proliferative germ cells that sustain oocyte and follicle production in the postnatal mammalian ovary.

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One culture phenomenon is that "primary" cultures of isolated cells don't proliferate much, but after several "passages" they eventually become "established" and more proliferative (essentially, somewhat cancerous, and losing some of the characteristics of the original cell type).

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use proliferative in a sentence?

Fibroblasts: The Master Builders Once the site is cleaned and secured, the rebuilding process, known as the proliferative phase, can begin.

What does proliferative mean?

Such a cell

What part of speech is proliferative?

proliferative is commonly used as noun, adjective.