"...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus age..."
"cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double."
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proliferative — index productive, prolific Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
proliferative — 1888, from PROLIFERATE (Cf. proliferate) + IVE (Cf. ive) … Etymology dictionary
Proliferative — Growing and increasing in number rapidly. For example, the lymphoproliferative disorders are diseases in which there is malignant growth of lymphoid cells and of cells from the reticuloendothelial system (which take up and sequester inert… … Medical dictionary
proliferative — proliferate ► VERB ▪ reproduce rapidly; increase rapidly in number. DERIVATIVES proliferation noun proliferative adjective. ORIGIN from Latin prolificus (see PROLIFIC(Cf. ↑prolifically)) … English terms dictionary
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy — Proliferative Vitreo Retinopathy (PVR) is a disease that develops as a complication, secondary to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. PVR occurs in about 8–10% of patients undergoing primary retinal detachment surgery and prevents the successful… … Wikipedia
proliferative diabetic retinopathy — proliferative retinopathy accompanying diabetes mellitus; it is usually preceded by nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy. Ophthalmoscopy of severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy showing diffuse retinal hemorrhages in all quadrants and… … Medical dictionary
Proliferative phase — can refer to: * a phase of wound healing * another name for the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle … Wikipedia
Proliferative Nierenkrankheit — Die Proliferative Nierenkrankheit der Fische (engl. proliferative kidney disease, PKD) ist eine Parasitose bei Fischen die durch Bauchschwellung, Vergrößerung der Nieren, Dunkelverfärbung und ein Vortreten des Augapfels (Exophthalmus)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Proliferative Nierenkrankheit der Fische — Die Proliferative Nierenkrankheit der Fische (engl. proliferative kidney disease, PKD) ist eine Parasitose bei Fischen, die durch Bauchschwellung, Vergrößerung der Nieren, Dunkelverfärbung und ein Vortreten des Augapfels (Exophthalmus)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Proliferative index — The proliferative index is a measure of the number of cells in a tumor that are dividing (proliferating). May be used with the S phase fraction to give a more complete understanding of how fast a tumor is growing. External links *… … Wikipedia
