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Proliferation   /prˌoʊlɪfərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Proliferation

noun
1.
Growth by the rapid multiplication of parts.
2.
A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons).





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... reliable data in relation to the proliferating action of those of the negro,[82] which induces a growth of epidermis of its own kind; so that preputial grafts from the negro, combining the extra vitality and proliferation of the preputial tissue with the strong animal vitality of the negro, if applied to a white man, might not produce the most desirable cosmetic effects, especially if on one side ...
— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino


Words linked to "Proliferation" :   maturation, growth, ontogeny, proliferate, development, increment, increase, growing, nonproliferation, non-proliferation, ontogenesis


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