different between proliferative vs proliferate

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

Etymology

From Latin proles (“offspring”) + ferre (“to bear”) + -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???l?f.??.e?t/

Verb

proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

   The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.

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Translations

Further reading

• proliferate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• proliferate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

proliferate

1. inflection of proliferare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of proliferato

Anagrams

• petrolifera