Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proliferation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proliferation \Pro*lif`er*a"tion\, n.
1. (Biol.) The continuous development of cells in tissue
formation; cell formation. --Virchow.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The production of numerous zooids by budding,
especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proliferation
n : growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
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