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Proliferate   Listen
verb
Proliferate  v. t.  
1.
(Biol.) To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.
2.
(Zool.) To produce zooids by budding.





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... size or alteration of cellular structure occurs, the testes apparently remaining in a state of complete inactivity during this period. With regard to internal development, after the discharge of spermatozoa in the breeding season the spermatogonia divide and proliferate, forming groups of cells known as spermatocysts. In June and July spermatogenesis is active, and from August to October the formation of ripe spermatozoa ...
— Hormones and Heredity • J. T. Cunningham


Words linked to "Proliferate" :   manifold, proliferation, multiply


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