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What does proliferative mean?

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  1. (cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
  2. proliferating; tending to proliferate
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The mass was excised and was characterized histologically as another proliferative cystic sebaceous tumor.
Flies homozygous for such hypomorphic mutations reach adulthood, but often exhibit defects during the proliferative stages of gametogenesis.
This suggests that the c-erb-b2 oncoprotein may possibly be involved in proliferative responses of pancreatic epithelium.
In other types, such as the blue nevus, proliferative tissue is buried deep within the dermis, the lower layer of the skin.
Differentiated cells however, generally have limited proliferative power and only short-term cultures are possible.
At this time, expression within the eyes and tectum becomes restricted to cells within the proliferative germinal zones.

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