Meaning & Definition of Maturation in English
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Maturation
/mæʧəreʃən/
noun
1. Coming to full development
- Becoming mature
synonym:
- maturation,
- ripening,
- maturement
2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
- A purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- "He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
synonym:
- growth,
- growing,
- maturation,
- development,
- ontogeny,
- ontogenesis
3. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
synonym:
- festering,
- suppuration,
- maturation