Definition of "proliferative"

proliferative

adjective
comparative more proliferative, superlative most proliferative
1. (not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
  Quotations
  ...stem cells may thus lose some of their proliferative potential and thus 'age'...
  1988, Nydia G. Testa, Robert Peter Gale, Hematopoiesis: Long-Term Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation, Informa Health Care, page 327
  cultures of cells may be considered to have reached the end of their proliferative lifespan when the cell number fails to double.
  2000, Yvonne A., Christopher R. Barnett, Aging: Methods and Protocols, Humana Press, page 40
  We conclude that aneuploidy causes not only a proliferative disadvantage but also a set of phenotypes...
  2007, Eduardo M. Torres et al., “Effects of Aneuploidy on Cellular Physiology and Cell Division in Haploid Yeast”, in Science 317, (5840), 904, page 916
2. proliferating; tending to proliferate
  Quotations
  ...they give rise to a progressive, proliferative, chronic arthritis.
  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)
noun
plural proliferatives
1. Such a cell