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noun
the act or process of maturating.
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Maturation
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Example Sentences
- Scientists have long been amazed by the egg maturation process.
- Many of the new spate of pop-econ page-turners reflect the maturation of economics as an increasingly empirical science.
- Previous research had been stepping closer to encouraging neuronal growth-which usually stops after physical maturation.
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World English Dictionary
| maturation (ˌmætjʊˈreɪʃən, ˌmætʃʊ-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the process of maturing or ripening |
| 2. | zoology the development of ova and spermatozoa from precursor cells in the ovary and testis, involving meiosis |
| 3. | a less common word for suppuration |
| matu'rational | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
maturation
1540s, from Fr. maturation, from L. maturationem, noun of action from maturare (see mature).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
maturation mat·u·ra·tion (māch'ə-rā'shən)
n.
The process of becoming mature.
Production or discharge of pus.
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.
The final differentiation processes in biological systems, such as the attainment of total functional capability by a cell, a tissue, or an organ.
mat'u·ra'tion·al adj.
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