Associations to the word «Maturation»

Wiktionary

MATURATION, noun. The process of becoming mature
MATURATION, noun. (biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism

Dictionary definition

MATURATION, noun. Coming to full development; becoming mature.
MATURATION, 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".
MATURATION, noun. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.

Wise words

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