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Proliferation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In zoology, the origination and development of generative zoöids, as in the formation of medusa-buds (planoblasts or hedrioblasts) by a polyp. See planoblast.
  • noun. In botany, same as prolification.
  • noun. Increase in size by reproduction of the primary elements.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.
  • noun. The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  • noun. The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  • noun. The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
  • noun. The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
  • noun. a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
    • Word Usage
    "I personally do whatever I can to avoid having to pronounce the word proliferation."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    development  growing  growth  increase  increment  
    Rhyme
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    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    T cell  activation  adhesion  anergy  angiogenesis  
    Synonym
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    access  accession  accretion  accrual  accruement  
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