Proliferative vs Fertile - What's the difference?
proliferative | fertile | Related terms |
(not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
* 1988 , Nydia G. Testa & Robert Peter Gale, Hematopoiesis: Long-Term Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation , Informa Health Care, ISBN 082477938X, page 327:
* 2000 , Yvonne A. & Christopher R. Barnett, Aging: Methods and Protocols , Humana Press, ISBN 0896035824, page 40:
* 2007 , Eduardo M. Torres et al.'', "Effects of Aneuploidy on Cellular Physiology and Cell Division in Haploid Yeast," ''Science 317 (5840), 904, page 916:
proliferating; tending to proliferate
* 1940 , Albert B. Sabin and Joel Warren, "The Curative Effect of Certain Gold Compounds on Experimental Proliferative, Chronic Arthritis in Mice," Journal of Bacteriology 40 (6):
(of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
(biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
(biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
(of an imagination etc) productive or prolific
As adjectives the difference between proliferative and fertile
is that proliferative is of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells while fertile is capable of growing abundant crops; productive.proliferative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus 'age'..."
- "cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double."
- "We conclude that aneuploidy causes not only a proliferative disadvantage but also a set of phenotypes..."
- "...they give rise to a progressive, proliferative , chronic arthritis."