English

Adjective

proliferative ‎(comparative more proliferative, superlative most proliferative)

1. (not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
   • 1988, Nydia G. Testa & Robert Peter Gale, Hematopoiesis: Long-Term Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation, Informa Health Care, ISBN 082477938X, page 327:

     "...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus 'age'..."

   • 2000, Yvonne A. & Christopher R. Barnett, Aging: Methods and Protocols, Humana Press, ISBN 0896035824, page 40:

     "cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double."

   • 2007, Eduardo M. Torres et al., "Effects of Aneuploidy on Cellular Physiology and Cell Division in Haploid Yeast," Science 317(5840), 904, page 916:

     "We conclude that aneuploidy causes not only a proliferative disadvantage but also a set of phenotypes..."

2. proliferating; tending to proliferate
   • 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):

     "...they give rise to a progressive, proliferative, chronic arthritis."

See also

• proliferational

Italian

Adjective

proliferative

1. Feminine plural form of proliferativo