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maturation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maturation \Mat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. maturatio a hastening: cf F. maturation.] The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maturation n 1: coming to full development; becoming mature [syn: {maturing}, {ripening}, {maturement}] 2: 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" [syn: {growth}, {growing}, {development}, {ontogeny}, {ontogenesis}] [ant: {nondevelopment}]
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