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Maturation   /mˌætʃərˈeɪʃən/  /mˌætʃʊrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Maturation

noun
1.
Coming to full development; becoming mature.  Synonyms: maturement, ripening.
2.
(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.
3.
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.  Synonyms: festering, suppuration.



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"Maturation" Quotes from Famous Books



... have been unknowingly led into error. I will continue, as opportunities present themselves, to examine the many peculiarities you have pointed out in this as well as others of the Orchid family; and at present I am looking forward with anxiety for the maturation of the ovary of A. Loddigesii, which will bear testimony to the veracity of the remarks I have ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin



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