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maturation
Found in thesaurus: biological process, organic process, bodily process, bodily function, activity, body process
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maturation
n.
process of maturing; process of cell transformation; secretion of pus
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Maturation
Maturation is the process of becoming mature; the emergence of individual and behavioral characteristics through growth processes over time.
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maturation
Noun
1. coming to full development; becoming mature
(synonym) ripening, maturement
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(derivation) mature, maturate, grow
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, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(hyponym) culture
(part-meronym) gastrulation
(derivation) senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
(classification) biology, biological science
(class) isometry
3. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
(synonym) festering, suppuration
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
(derivation) suppurate, mature
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
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maturation
nf.
mellowing, maturation
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maturation
n.
zrání; vyzrávání; dospívání; vyspívání
