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overproliferate en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + proliferate.

Meanings

  1. To proliferate excessively.
    • The Ras and Notch-driven epithelial tumors develop in the eye-antennal imaginal disc which is not thought to contain epithelial stem cells, however, the eye disc does contain progenitor cells that can also overproliferate in response to excessive STAT activity. 2015 July 25, “BTB-Zinc Finger Oncogenes Are Required for Ras and Notch-Driven Tumorigenesis in Drosophila”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Forms

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overproliferates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overproliferating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overproliferated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overproliferated Tense=Past lexicographic