different between proliferative vs breeding

English

Etymology

proliferate +? -ive

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, 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, 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.

Derived terms

Noun

proliferative (plural proliferatives)

1. Such a cell

See also

• proliferational

Italian

Adjective

proliferative

1. feminine plural of proliferativo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Etymology 1

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Noun

breeding (countable and uncountable, plural breedings)

1. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
2. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
3. The act of copulation in animals.
4. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
5. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
6. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
7. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.

Derived terms

• inbreeding
• outbreeding

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *br?dende, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Adjective

breeding (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or used for breeding.

   Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

Derived terms

• breeding ground

Verb

breeding

1. present participle of breed

   Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.

Anagrams

• beringed, bigender