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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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At this time, expression within the eyes and tectum becomes restricted to cells within the proliferative germinal zones.
In other types, such as the blue nevus, proliferative tissue is buried deep within the dermis, the lower layer of the skin.
Histologically, these lesions form a spectrum of tumors ranging from benign cystic adenomas to proliferative cystic sebaceous tumors.
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.
Intraductal proliferative lesions are associated with increased invasive cancer risk.

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