Definition of Maturation

1. Noun. Coming to full development; becoming mature.

Exact synonyms: Maturement, Ripening
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"

3. Noun. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.
Exact synonyms: Festering, Suppuration
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

mattressed
mattresses
mattresslike
mattressy
matts
matulaite
matur'd
matura
maturable
maturant
maturants
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maturated
maturates
maturating
maturation
maturation-promoting factor
maturation factor
maturational
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maturative
maturatives
mature
mature-onset diabetes
mature bacteriophage
mature cataract
mature cell leukaemia

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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