Proliferation

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1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation. Virchow.

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

noun

1. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind: breeding, multiplication, procreation, propagation, reproduction, spawning. Obsolete increase. See reproduction/barrenness.
2. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See increase/decrease.
3. The result or product of building up: accretion, buildup, development, enlargement, multiplication. See increase/decrease.

Growth by reproduction of similar cells.

The reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.

The spread of biochemical, nuclear, and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them. "Primary proliferators" are the leading industrial nations like the U.S., France, Great Britain, Russia, who originally develop nuclear weapons and biological and chemical warfare agents. "Secondary proliferators" are those countries that have developed indigenous programs and that now may or do sell their innovations to other countries or terrorist organizations. The U. S. government think these include China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Russia, and Syria.

The word proliferation can refer to:

• Nuclear proliferation
• Chemical weapon proliferation
• The spread in use of other weapons systems
• Cell proliferation
• The proliferative phase of wound healing
• According to Gloria Anzaldúa (1990), "the difference between appropriation and proliferation is that the first steals and harms; the second helps heal breaches of knowledge."

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