Proliferation may refer to:
Weapons
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Nuclear proliferation
Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons to additional countries, particularly those not recognized as List of states with nuclear weapons, nuclear-weapon states by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonl ...
, the spread of nuclear weapons, material, and technology
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Chemical weapon proliferation, the spread of chemical weapons, material, and technology
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Missile proliferation, the spread of long range heavy payload missiles
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Small arms proliferation, the spread of small weapons
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Counter-proliferation, efforts to stop weapon proliferation
Computer science
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License proliferation, a problem caused by incompatible software licenses
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Data proliferation, the challenge of dealing with large amounts of data
Medicine and biology
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Cell proliferation
Cell proliferation is the process by which ''a cell grows and divides to produce two daughter cells''. Cell proliferation leads to an exponential increase in cell number and is therefore a rapid mechanism of tissue growth. Cell proliferation ...
, cell growth and division
*Proliferation, a phase of
wound healing
Wound healing refers to a living organism's replacement of destroyed or damaged tissue by newly produced tissue.
In undamaged skin, the epidermis (surface, epithelial layer) and dermis (deeper, connective layer) form a protective barrier again ...
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Atypical small acinar proliferation, a concept in urologic pathology
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Intravenous atypical vascular proliferation, a skin condition
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Massive periretinal proliferation, a disease of the eye
Music
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''Proliferation'' (album), a 2008 album by Mike Reed's People, Places & Things
Other uses
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Conceptual proliferation, a concept in Buddhism
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Product proliferation, an organization's marketing of many variations of the same product
See also
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