proliferative
Growing by division
Proliferative describes rapid growth or multiplication, especially of cells.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: proliferative diabetic retinopathy, proliferative breast disease.
Outside medicine, it can describe anything characterized by rapid increase or spread: the proliferative growth of social media platforms.
Increasing by repeated addition
- spreadingExtending over space
- expandingGrowing in scope
- enlargingIncreasing the size of
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
burgeoning · snowballing · ballooning · escalating · amplifying · swelling · extending · broadening
Nuclear division producing identical cells
- divisionSplitting into parts
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- hyperplasiaExcessive cell multiplication
- neoplasiaAbnormal tissue proliferation
angiogenesis · metaplasia · carcinogenesis · cloning · fission · budding · differentiation · cytokinesis
Richly reproductive
- fruitfulProducing abundant results
- generativeAble to produce or create
- teemingAbundantly full of
- abundantExisting in great quantity
productive · bountiful · flourishing · copious · yielding · breeding · spawning · reproducing
Restoration of health
- repairRestore to working order
- restorationReturning something to condition
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
renewal · revitalization · rebirth · reconstitution · remodeling · replenishment · scarring · granulation
multiplying
Increasing by repeated addition
increasing · burgeoning · snowballing · ballooning · escalating · amplifying · swelling · extending · broadening · colonizing
mitosis
Nuclear division producing identical cells
- divisionSplitting into parts
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- hyperplasiaExcessive cell multiplication
neoplasia · angiogenesis · metaplasia · carcinogenesis · cloning · fission · budding · differentiation · cytokinesis · dysplasia
fecund
Richly reproductive
- fruitfulProducing abundant results
- generativeAble to produce or create
- teemingAbundantly full of
abundant · productive · bountiful · flourishing · copious · yielding · breeding · spawning · reproducing · germinating
healing
Restoration of health
- repairRestore to working order
- restorationReturning something to condition
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
recovery · renewal · revitalization · rebirth · reconstitution · remodeling · replenishment · scarring · granulation · fibroblast
- nuclear proliferationWeapons capability spreading internationally
- nuclear non-proliferationRestricting atomic weapons spread