proliferation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pro=lif=er=a=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

proliferation, n. 

•  The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.  Virchow.  [1913 Webster]
•  The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

proliferation

access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, begetting, bloating, boom, boost, breeding, broadening, buildup, burgeoning, crescendo, crossbreeding, development, dissogeny, edema, elevation, endogamy, engenderment, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, flood, fructification, gain, generation, greatening, growth, gush, hike, inbreeding, increase, increment, inflation, jump, leap, linebreeding, mounting, multiple, multiplication, multiplication table, multiplier, multiplying, outbreeding, procreation, production, productiveness, prolification, propagation, pullulation, raise, reproduction, rise, snowballing, spread, surge, swelling, tables, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, waxing, widening, xenogamy