verb
definition
To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
example
The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
Examples of proliferate in a Sentence
The epithelial cells are then able to pass from their normal position, in consequence of which they proliferate and at the same time revert to a more primitive type of cell.
Newspapers and periodicals did not proliferate until after 1850.
When the good bacteria in the intestinal flora are killed off through antibiotic use, yeast can begin to proliferate, which may develop into a rash.
Scientific papers proliferate but only a few get long listings in the citation indexes.
Determining the limits of moral behavior becomes increasingly difficult as human capabilities, choices, and responsibilities proliferate with advances in technology and scientific knowledge.
It is thought that some cancer cells become " immortalized " because they express telomerase and can therefore continue to proliferate indefinitely.
As any obstruction to the outflow of the contents throws an increased amount of work on the walls, in order to overcome the resistance, the intermittent strain, acting on the muscle cells, stimulates them to enlarge and proliferate, fig.
Once inoculated by an infected fly, the trypanosomes proliferate and gradually invade all the organs of the host.
Indeed, the references to Macbeth also proliferate in The Queen's Exchange.
During the first half of pregnancy the mammary ducts proliferate and group together to form large lobules.
Other strains are neutral and/or harmful, but can become seriously harmful to the body when allowed to proliferate into greater quantities that exceed the probiotic population.
The Marthatown's people undertake an exploration of their surrounding area, encountering a group of patriarchal polygamists not unlike the sects that still proliferate in Utah and Arizona today.
Much of the character of organisms is due to various symmetries, radial, bilateral, metameric and so forth, and these symmetries arise, partly at least, from the mode of growth by cell division and the marshalling of groups of cells to the places where they are destined to proliferate.
Page 7 PREV PAGE TOP OF DOC Biological weapons are becoming easier for state and nonstate actors to develop as biological technologies proliferate.
Male germ-line stem cells are cells that proliferate throughout the life of the animal to make male germ cells or sperms.
During the fifth week of development these cells proliferate and invade the underlying retroperitoneal mesenchyme.
Its cousins now proliferate in many northern gardens, their owners made hopeful by global warming.
In short, CTCL may be a malignancy of T cells stimulated to proliferate against its own tumor antigens.
The Mario, Zelda, Mega Man and other franchises continued to proliferate, as well as a wide range of other hugely popular games that introduced us to Fox McCloud, Kirby, and Earthworm Jim.
The immature cells (blasts) proliferate rapidly and begin to accumulate in various organs and tissues, thereby affecting their normal function.
Bacteria strains such as acidophilus are, by name, "acid loving" and require an acidic environment in order to proliferate.
Couple these trends with the advent of things like the Pet Channel, Animal Planet and the many other animal awareness programs that proliferate our communities, and it suggests that pet pampering is here to stay.
The change that is required to transform Exopterygota into Endopterygota is merely that a cell of hypodeimis should proliferate inwards instead of outwards, or that a minute hypodermal evaginated bud should be forced to the interior of the body by the pressure of a contracted cuticle.