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maturation

ma·tu·ra·tion

US/ˌmætʃʊˈreɪʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

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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”
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Origin

From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.

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  • cisternal maturation model

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