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REPRODUCTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Producing new life or offspring
Example:
the reproductive or generative organs
Synonyms:
generative; procreative; reproductive
Classified under:
Similar:
fruitful (productive or conducive to producing in abundance)
Derivation:
reproduce (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)
Context examples:
A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the male or female reproductive system.
(Benign Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Cancer of the ovary is not common, but it causes more deaths than other female reproductive cancers.
(Ovarian Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
They have varied pathology depending on the phase of the reproductive life from fetal stage to adulthood.
(Ovarian Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A terminology codelist for the physiological test codes related to the male and female reproductive systems.
(CDISC SDTM Reproductive System Findings Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Terminology associated with the reproductive system findings test code codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC SDTM Reproductive System Findings Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes neuropeptide Y protein, plays a role in the regulation of appetite, female reproductive functions and angiogenesis.
(NPY wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Any pregnancy or childbirth related procedure associated with a mother during her reproductive years.
(Obstetric Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
A branch of medicine that specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth and in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the female reproductive organs.
(Ob/gyn, NCI Dictionary)
Melanomas may also arise in other anatomic sites including the gastrointestinal system, eye, urinary tract, and reproductive system.
(Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The C57BL/6 strain exhibits good reproductive performance and hermaphroditism in this substrain has been shown to occur.
(C57BL/6 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)
