proliferate

(prə-lĭf'ə-rāt')

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.intr.

1. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.
2. To increase or spread at a rapid rate: fears that nuclear weapons might proliferate.

v.tr.
To cause to grow or increase rapidly.

[Back-formation from PROLIFERATION, the act of proliferating, from French prolifération, from prolifère, procreative : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring; see proliferous + Latin -fer, -fer.]

proliferation pro·lif'er·a'tion n.
proliferative pro·lif'er·a'tive adj.
proliferator pro·lif'er·a'tor n.

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verb

1. To produce sexually or asexually others of one's kind: breed, increase, multiply, procreate, propagate, reproduce, spawn. See reproduction/barrenness.
2. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal beef up. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: increase quickly
Antonyms: decline, decrease, dwindle, fall off

Pertaining to or emanating from proliferation.

• p. dermatitis — see strawberry footrot.
• p. enteropathy — of swine, see porcine intestinal adenomatosis; a disease of weaned foals presenting with lethargy, weight loss, a varying degree of fever, inappetance, a potbellied appearance with a rough coat, colic, diarrhea and ventral edema associated with a pronounced hypoproteinemia. The disease is a protein losing enteropathy associated with a proliferation of crypt epithelial cells in the terminal small intestine and thickening of the intestine at this site. The causative agent, Lawsonia intracellularis, is present in proliferating cells. The disease responds to a long treatment course with erythromycin and rifampicin.
• p. exudative pneumonia — of lambs see enzootic pneumonia.
• p. hemorrhagic enteropathy — an acute or peracute disease of recently weaned pigs and also of replacement gilts. Characterized by anemia and dysentery, and a proliferative, hemorrhagic lesion in the terminal ileum and proximal colon, and a high death rate. The underlying intestinal abnormality is porcine intestinal adenomatosis caused by Lawsonia intracellularis but the reason for the hemorrhagic complication is not known.
• p. ileitis — see porcine intestinal adenomatosis.
• p. interstitial pneumonia — see enzootic pneumonia.
• p. kidney disease — important disease of salmonids; caused by a pre-spore stage of a myxosporean species presumably carried by other fish inhabiting the same waters.
• p. optic neuropathy — a raised gray mass on the surface of the optic disk but there is no effect on vision.
• p. phase — in uterine activity; called also follicular phase. The lining epithelium of the uterus hypertrophies and becomes congested and edematous.
• p. stomatitis — see proliferative stomatitis.

See words rhyming with "proliferate."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Proliferate.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - formere sig hastigt
v. tr. - danne ved knopskydning

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich uitbreiden, woekeren

Français (French)
v. intr. - proliférer, s'étendre, se propager
v. tr. - proliférer, s'étendre, se propager

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich stark vermehren, sich ausbreiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πολλαπλασιάζομαι, πληθύνομαι, αναπαράγω/-ομαι, εξαπλώνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
proliferare, propagarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - proliferar

Русский (Russian)
размножаться, распространяться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - proliferar, multiplicarse
v. tr. - proliferar, producir en rápida sucesión

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - föröka sig (gnm celldelning), sprida, mångfaldigas

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
增殖, 扩散, 激增

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 增殖, 擴散, 激增
v. tr. - 增殖, 擴散, 激增

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 증식[번식]하다
v. tr. - 급격히 늘다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 増殖する, 急激に増す, 急増する, 繁殖する
adj. - 貫生の, 数の増加した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتكاثر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התרבה במהירות‬
v. tr. - ‮ייצר (תאים וכו') במהירות‬

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