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mat·u·ra·tion
(măch′ə-rā′shən)n.
1. The process of becoming mature.
2. Biology
a. The processes by which gametes are formed, including the reduction of chromosomes in a germ cell from the diploid number to the haploid number by meiosis.
b. The final differentiation processes in biological systems, such as the final ripening of a seed or the attainment of full functional capacity by a cell, a tissue, or an organ.
mat′u·ra′tion·al adj.
mat′u·ra′tive adj.
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maturation
(ˌmætjʊˈreɪʃən; ˌmætʃʊ-)n
1. the process of maturing or ripening
2. (Zoology) zoology the development of ova and spermatozoa from precursor cells in the ovary and testis, involving meiosis
3. (Pathology) a less common word for suppuration
ˌmatuˈrational adj
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mat•u•ra•tion
(ˌmætʃ əˈreɪ ʃən)n.
the act or process of maturing.
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mat·u·ra·tion
(măch′ə-rā′shən) The process of becoming fully developed or ripe, as when a reproductive cell, such as an egg or a sperm, becomes capable of fertilization.
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maturation
suppuration, or the formation and discharge of pus. — maturative, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  maturation - coming to full development; becoming maturebiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms |
| 2. |  maturation - (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"culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms amelogenesis - the developmental process of forming tooth enamel angiogenesis - the formation of new blood vessels apposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material auxesis - growth from increase in cell size without cell division anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, efflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis - introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) cohesion - (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) cultivation - the process of fostering the growth of something; "the cultivation of bees for honey" cytogenesis, cytogeny - the origin and development and variation of cells fructification - the bearing of fruit gametogenesis - the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis gastrulation - the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells germination, sprouting - the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow habit - the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); "a shrub of spreading habit" infructescence - the fruiting stage of the inflorescence intussusception - (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall juvenescence - the process of growing into a youth life cycle - the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization - the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) morphogenesis - differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) myelinisation, myelinization - the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber neurogenesis - the development of nerve tissues biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms palingenesis, recapitulation - emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species proliferation - growth by the rapid multiplication of parts psychogenesis - a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind psychogenesis - the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors psychomotor development - progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities psychosexual development - (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage rooting - the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow suppression - the failure to develop some part or organ teratogenesis - the development of defects in an embryo vegetation - the process of growth in plants isometry - the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same | |
| 3. | maturation - (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" |
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maturation
n → Reifeprozess m, → Reifung f
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