nonproliferating
Staying cell-count stable
Nonproliferating describes cells or organisms that are not actively dividing or multiplying.
The term appears most often in medical and biological contexts: nonproliferating tumor cells, nonproliferating bacteria.
In policy contexts, it can describe nations that have agreed not to develop nuclear weapons: nonproliferating states under the treaty.
Inactive but capable
State of balance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
- maintainedKept in condition
- unchangingNot varying at all
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
sustained · static · persistent · self-limiting · balanced · homeostatic · regulated · constant
Measures preventing harm
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- IAEAU.N. atomic oversight body
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- verificationProving something accurate
compliance · disarmament · containment · centrifuge · sanctions · monitoring · export controls · uranium
Not harmful or threatening
- localizedRestricted to one place
- encapsulatedContained within a covering
- nonmetastaticNot spreading to other sites
- containedKept within limits
noninvasive · watchful waiting · indolent · slow-growing · circumscribed · nonmalignant · remission · controlled
quiescent
Inactive but capable
equilibrium
State of balance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
- maintainedKept in condition
- unchangingNot varying at all
consistent · sustained · static · persistent · self-limiting · balanced · homeostatic · regulated · constant
safeguards
Measures preventing harm
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- IAEAU.N. atomic oversight body
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
verification · compliance · disarmament · containment · centrifuge · sanctions · monitoring · export controls · uranium · plutonium
benign
Not harmful or threatening
- localizedRestricted to one place
- encapsulatedContained within a covering
- nonmetastaticNot spreading to other sites
contained · noninvasive · watchful waiting · indolent · slow-growing · circumscribed · nonmalignant · remission · controlled
nonproliferatingproliferating
Increasing rapidly in quantity
dividing · replicating · multiplying · mitotic · growing
nonproliferatingproliferating
Increasing rapidly in quantity
spreading · multiplying · expanding · burgeoning · metastasizing
- nuclear nonproliferationLimiting atomic weapons spread