malproliferation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mal- +‎ proliferation

Noun[edit]

malproliferation (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Pathological proliferation.
    • 2006, Yanlong Qu, Zhiming Yang, Weinan Zhu, “Experimental studies on tendon derivation biomaterials combined with cultured tenocytes in vitro”, in Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics, volume 26, number 12:
      Non malproliferation of tenocytes were founded, and lots of collagen formed among TDBM fibers within 2 months in vitro culture.
    • 2014, Paul E. Wallner et al., “Current Status and Recommendations for the Future of Research, Teaching, and Testing in the Biological Sciences of Radiation Oncology: Report of the American Society for Radiation Oncology Cancer Biology/Radiation Biology Task Force, Executive Summary”, in International Journal of Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics, volume 88, number 1, →DOI:
      These advances have reshaped our global view of cancer from a straightforward malproliferation of genetically damaged cells to a far more nuanced appreciation of cancer as a complex interplay between malignant cells and an array of host stromal cells.
    • 2014, Lijuan Guo et al., “Differentially expressed plasma microRNAs and the potential regulatory function of Let-7b in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension”, in PLoS One, volume 9, number 6, →DOI:
      Recent studies have shown that miRNAs were involved in pulmonary vascular remodeling and susceptibility of CTEPH [9], [10], as well as pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) malproliferation of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) [11]–[12].