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[ ree-pruh-duhk-tiv ] / ˌri prəˈdʌk tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reproductive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveserving to reproduce. concerned with or pertaining to reproduction: a reproductive process; reproductive organs. nounEntomology. a sexually mature male or female termite; a member of the reproductive caste. Origin of reproductiveFirst recorded in 1745–55; re- + productive OTHER WORDS FROM reproductivere·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverbre·pro·duc·tive·ness, nounnon·re·pro·duc·tive, adjectivenon·re·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb non·re·pro·duc·tive·ness, nounun·re·pro·duc·tive, adjectiveun·re·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverbun·re·pro·duc·tive·ness, noun Words nearby reproductivereprocessing, reproduce, reproducer, reproduction, reproduction proof, reproductive, reproductive cell, reproductive cloning, reproductive cycle, reproductive imagination, reproductive isolation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reproductiveMen and women who become infertile as a result of chemotherapy could also regain their reproductive capabilities. Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Increased access to reproductive healthcare has resulted in better maternal and infant health outcomes. What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton|Heather Arnet|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST I trust that the women of Kansas are smart, and that they can make the decision about their own reproductive health. The Kansas Independent Who Could Control the Senate|John Avlon|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Is a statute preventing me from talking to my patients about their reproductive health somewhere on the horizon? Pediatricians Have the Right to Ask About Guns|Russell Saunders|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And such efforts will only make it less likely that Americans choose to identify as supporters of reproductive choice. The New Battle Over Reproductive Rights|Keli Goff|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Dietary data for all species were taken from literature, as were reproductive data for calculation of rmax. Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae|John N. Mugaas The factor that is responsible for increasing its reproductive potential, however, is its early age of first female reproduction. Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae|John N. Mugaas Schools are not only immortal institutions but reproductive ones. The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells So far as I know, monticola is not in reproductive continuity with any other subspecies of Sorex vagrans. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew|James S. Findley The larger beads on the inclosed threads are reproductive spores. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils|Peter Gray
British Dictionary definitions for reproductive
adjectiveof, relating to, characteristic of, or taking part in reproduction Derived forms of reproductivereproductively, adverbreproductiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to reproductiveconceptive, generating, procreative, reproducing Medical definitions for reproductive
adj.Of or relating to reproduction. Tending to reproduce. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |