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Proliferate

To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.

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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Manifold 76% connected

Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.

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Multiply 76% connected

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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Proliferation 74% connected

The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Proliferation 74% connected

The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.

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Biomedical cloning noun · 78% connection

nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…

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Blow verb · 78% connection

To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

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CD4 cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…

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CD4 T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…

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Cell death noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

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Cellular adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.

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Cytotoxic drug noun · 78% connection

any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells

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Dash verb · 78% connection

To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.

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Dictyosome noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Endogeny noun · 78% connection

Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a pa…

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Epithelium noun · 78% connection

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…

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Golgi apparatus noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi body noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi complex noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Helper cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…

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Helper T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…

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Hematopoietic stem cell noun · 78% connection

blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow; T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells

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Histocompatibility noun · 78% connection

condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue; "a successful graft or transplant r…

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