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maturation - Dictionary definition and meaning for maturation
MATURATION
(noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
synonyms : festering , suppuration(noun) (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(noun) coming to full development; becoming mature
synonyms : maturement , ripening
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