REPRODUCTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reproductive mean? 

• REPRODUCTIVE (adjective)
  The adjective REPRODUCTIVE has 1 sense:

1. producing new life or offspring

  Familiarity information: REPRODUCTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPRODUCTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Producing new life or offspring

Synonyms:

generative; procreative; reproductive

Context example:

the reproductive or generative organs

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 

It usually affects women in their reproductive years.

(Cervical Fibroepithelial Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology codelist for the physiological test names related to the male and female reproductive systems.

(CDISC SDTM Reproductive System Findings Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Terminology associated with the reproductive system findings test name codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC SDTM Reproductive System Findings Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitex may affect levels of reproductive hormones in the blood.

(Angus castus, NCI Dictionary)

An earlier study found that these chemicals led to reproductive declines in mice.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A human who has reached reproductive age.

(Adult, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Muellerian-inhibiting factor protein, is involved in the morphogenesis of the reproductive system.

(AMH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The C57BL/10 strain exhibits good reproductive performance.

(C57BL/10 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

The discharged blood from the uterus during the reproductive years.

(Menstrual Blood, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the female reproductive system.

(Benign Female Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)