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Definition of Maturation
1. Noun. Coming to full development; becoming mature.
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Derivative terms: Maturate, Maturational, Mature, Mature, Mature, Mature, Ripen, Ripen
2. Noun. (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"
Specialized synonyms: Culture, Amelogenesis, Angiogenesis, Apposition, Auxesis, Anthesis, Blossoming, Efflorescence, Florescence, Flowering, Inflorescence, Caenogenesis, Cainogenesis, Cenogenesis, Kainogenesis, Kenogenesis, Cohesion, Cultivation, Cytogenesis, Cytogeny, Foliation, Leafing, Fructification, Gametogenesis, Germination, Sprouting, Habit, Infructescence, Intussusception, Juvenescence, Life Cycle, Masculinisation, Masculinization, Virilisation, Virilization, Morphogenesis, Myelinisation, Myelinization, Neurogenesis, Palingenesis, Recapitulation, Proliferation, Psychogenesis, Psychogenesis, Psychomotor Development, Psychosexual Development, Rooting, Suppression, Dentition, Odontiasis, Teething, Teratogenesis, Vegetation
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Terms within: Gastrulation
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Examples of category: Isometry
Derivative terms: Develop, Develop, Developmental, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Maturate, Maturational, Mature, Ontogenetic, Ontogenetic
Antonyms: Nondevelopment
3. Noun. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Generic synonyms: Activity, Bodily Function, Bodily Process, Body Process
Derivative terms: Fester, Maturate, Mature, Suppurate, Suppurate
Definition of Maturation
1. n. The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
Definition of Maturation
1. Noun. The process of becoming mature ¹
2. Noun. (biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maturation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Maturation
1. 1. Achievement of full development or growth. 2. Developmental changes that lead to maturity. 3. Processing of a macromolecule; e.g., posttranscriptional modification of RNA or posttranslational modification of proteins. Origin: L. Maturatio, a ripening, fr. Maturus, ripe (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maturation
Literary usage of Maturation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"is too well developed to allow of such an explanation and since it divides in
the second maturation division only and is thus distributed to but one-half of ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"When it had been shown that true fertilization (" syngamy ") does take place, it
was necessary to re-examine the maturation divisions, in order to explain ..."
3. Artificial Parthenogenesis and Fertilization by Jacques Loeb (1913)
"XXIV CONDITIONS FOR THE Maturation OF THE EGG 1. Before we discuss experiments
upon artificial parthenogenesis in other forms besides sea-urchins, ..."
4. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"He also doubtfully identified six rod-shaped bodies at the margin of the germinal
vesicle as the chromosomes of the maturation spindle (Fig. 8). ..."
5. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1916)
"(c) The Maturation Period.—Finally at the close of the growth period both ...
B, early stage of first maturation division; all the chromosomes have united ..."
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