Maturation

[n] (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
[n] 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"
[n] coming to full development; becoming mature

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Synonyms

development, festering, growing, growth, maturement, ontogenesis, ontogeny, ripening, suppuration

Antonyms

nondevelopment

Related Terms

accomplishment, advance, advancement, aging, amplification, beautification, blossoming, budding, burgeoning, close, completing, completion, conclusion, culmination, development, developmental change, elaboration, embellishment, end, ending, enlargement, e