Meaning & use

Proliferant

adjective·Academic

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Growing or multiplying rapidly; tending to proliferate.

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The biopsy revealed proliferant cell growth in the tissue sample.

Gardeners value the plant for its proliferant, fast-spreading habit.

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Most often encountered in biology and medicine to describe rapidly dividing cells or tissue.

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