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maturation [n]

1)	coming to full development; becoming mature

Synonyms :

maturement ripening

See Also:

biological_process mature mature grow ripen

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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

Synonyms :

development growing growth ontogenesis ontogeny

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biological_process biological_science develop acquire nondevelopment age grow grow grow culture amelogenesis angiogenesis apposition auxesis anthesis caenogenesis cohesion cytogenesis foliation fructification gametogenesis gastrulation germination infructescence intussusception juvenescence life_cycle masculinisation morphogenesis myelinisation neurogenesis palingenesis proliferation psychomotor_development psychosexual_development rooting suppression dentition teratogenesis vegetation isometry

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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activity medical_specialty mature fester

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