proliferation

Noun

Meaning

The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.

The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

growth increase spread expansion breeding reproduction multiplication spreading diffusion surge amplification dissemination augmentation escalation development
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Antonyms

nonproliferation decline shrinkage abatement alleviation extenuation
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Hypernyms

development growth increase growing maturation increment

Phrases with the word

chondrocyte proliferation capital proliferation proliferation therapy cellular proliferation fibroblastic proliferation

Examples

In our day, computer technology and the proliferation of books on CD-ROM have not affected - as far as statistics show - the production and sale of books in their old-fashioned codex form. Alberto Manguel

The truth emerging from this scattered picture of nuclear proliferation is simple: there is a stronger chance of a nuclear bomb being used now than at almost any point in the Cold War. Johann Hari

Now we have the prospect of a religious war on our hands, with the attendant proliferation of "heresies” and two separate but equal inquisitions. George Alec Effinger

The fact that now we know well that there is proliferation of nuclear weapons and that many of the weapons that Saddam Hussein had, for example, we do not know where they are, so that means the terrorists have access to all that. Paul Martin

Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation. Kofi Annan

[N]o one appeared to wonder whether this S-M proliferation was a lesbian copy of a faggot imitation of patriarchal backlash against feminism. Robin Morgan

Close letter words and terms

prolidase prolifer proliferate proliferation therapy proliferational proliferative