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Proliferation
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Proliferation 

excessive growth of tissue in an organism as a result of the repeated production of cells. Such cell production is quite different from any other means of increasing the volume of tissue, such as edema.



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On the other hand, normal proliferating cells overcame the imposed G2/M cell-cycle arrest within 12 hours, survived and continued to proliferate.
Supermarkets have come to stay, but a council which allows them to expand and proliferate is in dereliction of its duty to both its taxpayers and its local business people.
WOZ and Co often have difficulty in remaining anonymous in venues where the drinking area has become open plan, but not in the Victory, where nooks and crannies proliferate.
 
 
 
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