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maturation
noun
(mat-u-ra-tion)
coming to full development; becoming mature
Synonyms:
maturement
,
ripening
,
maturation
noun
(mat-u-ra-tion)
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Synonyms:
festering
,
suppuration
,
maturation
noun
(mat-u-ra-tion)
(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
Synonyms:
development
,
growing
,
growth
,
ontogenesis
,
ontogeny
,
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,
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aging
,
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,
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,
reflection
,
processing
,
deadline
,
ageing
,
puberty
,
senescence
,
spermatogenesis
,
pubertal
,
adulthood
,
germination
,
embryogenesis
,
adolescence
,
fermentation
,
differentiation
,
metamorphosis
,
evolution
,
progression
,
immaturity
,
emergence
,
transformation
,
blossoming
,
organic process
,
evolvement
,
gastrulation
,
growing pains
,
maturescent
,
transition
,
ascension
,
acclimation
,
rebirth
,
enripen
,
resurgence
,
graafian follicle
,
degeneration
,
reemergence
,
gonocyte
,
prophase
,
b lymphocyte
,
masculinization
,
myelination
,
ascendance
,
regress
,
dedifferentiation
,
puberal
,
renaissance
,
meiosis
,
ootid
,
passaging
,
infancy
,
neurogenesis
,
oxidization
,
saccharification
,
vernalization
,
involution
,
multicellularity
,
mitosis
,
organogenesis
,
morphogenesis
,
ossification
,
metaphase
,
biosynthesis
,
asexual reproduction
,
mesenchymal
,
hairlessness
,
oxidative phosphorylation
,
experimentation
,
uptake
,
fossilization
,
rediscovery
,
advancement
,
sporulation
,
steroidogenesis
,
monospermy
,
nascence
,
hematopoiesis
,
initiation
,
oncogenesis
,
catabiosis
,
youngness
,
gynogenesis
,
mainstreaming
,
regression
,
abscission
,
onset
,
speciation
,
jelling
,
human process
,
leakiness
,
maturation
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