Added 9 October 2026
maturation
noun
Latin root: maturatio Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about maturation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Coming to full development; becoming mature.
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(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
- (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.
Origin
From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.
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