Definitions for: Proliferation

[n] growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
[n] a rapid increase in number; "the proliferation of nuclear weapons"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*lif`er*a"tion, n.
1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue
formation; cell formation. --Virchow.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The production of numerous zooids by budding,
especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.

See Also: development, growing, growth, increase, increment, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

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