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maturation

noun — 3 senses

maturation

noun

Etymology From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.

1

The process of becoming mature.

2

Biology, Natural sciences The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.

3

Medicine, Sciences The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

Derived terms
cisternal maturation model, dematuration, dysmaturation, glycomaturation, hypomaturation, immunomaturation, maturational, neuromaturation, postmaturation, prematuration, rematuration

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