different between reproductive vs proliferative

English

Adjective

reproductive (comparative more reproductive, superlative most reproductive)

1. Of or relating to reproduction.
2. That reproduces.

Translations

Noun

reproductive (plural reproductives)

1. (biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).

Anagrams

• overpictured

French

Adjective

reproductive

1. feminine singular of reproductif

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