proli-, prol- +

(Latin: offspring, child)


antiproliferation
1. Opposing an increase in nuclear weapons; especially, in allowing additional countries to obtain them.
2. Taking or containing measures to curb nuclear proliferation: to sign the antiproliferation treaty.
antiproliferative
1. Of or pertaining to a substance used to prevent or retard the spread of cells; especially, malignant cells, into surrounding tissues.
2. Counteracting a process of proliferation.
eoproligerous
Producing most abundantly at dawn or very early in the day.
improlificate
To impregnate.
myeloproliferative
1. Relating to or characterized by the proliferation of cells of the bone marrow; such as, myeloproliferative syndromes.
2. In medicine, a reference to or characterized by medullary and extramedullary proliferation of bone marrow constituents, including erythroblasts, granulocytes, megakaryocytes, and fibroblasts. 3. Pertaining to or characterised by unusual proliferation of myelopoietic tissue; or the formation of the tissue elements of bone marrow, or any of the types of blood cells derived from bone marrow; or both processes.
neologoliferation
1. A newly created word meaning, proliferation of neologisms or newly created words.
2. A combination of neo, "new"; logo, "word"; and proliferation, "rapid and often excessive spread or increase".
—As seen in an article titled:
"Cyber-Neologoliferation" by James Gleick,
The New York Times Magazine, November 5, 2006.

opsiproligery, opsiproligerous
The ability to have offspring late in life.
proclicidal
The killing of offspring; specifically, the crime of destroying offspring either before or soon after birth.
prolicide
1. The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
2. The killing of one's child.

Prolicide is the act of killing offspring, either before or soon after birth. It is meant to include both infanticide (intentionally causing the death of an infant), and abortion (the killing of a fetus).

The word "prolicide" derives from the Latin words proles meaning "offspring" and caedere meaning "to cut" or "to kill".

proliferate
1. To cause to grow or increase rapidly or to increase in great numbers.
2. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.
3. To increase or spread at a rapid rate; such as, fears that nuclear weapons might proliferate.
proliferated
1. Something which has increased greatly and suddenly in number: "Many tech businesses have proliferated in the last decade."
2. A reference to anything that has grown or multiplied by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.
proliferation
1. The reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells and morbid cysts.
2. The act of proliferating; a rapid and often excessive spread or increase.
proliferative
Characterized by proliferation.
proliferator
Anyone, or anything, that causes growth or a rapid increasey.
proliferophilist, proliferophile
A collector of miscellaneous items.

Related "birth, born, childbirth, offspring" words: abort-; feto-; lochio-; nasc-, nat-; toco-, toko-.


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