maturation
pronunciation
How to pronounce maturation in British English:
UK [ˌmætʃuˈreɪʃn]
How to pronounce maturation in American English:
US [ˌmætʃuˈreɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- coming to full development; becoming mature
- (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
- (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Word Origin
- maturation (n.)
- early 15c., "the coming to a head of a boil, etc.; a state of producing pus," from Middle French maturation and directly from Latin maturationem (nominative maturatio), noun of action from past participle stem of maturare "to ripen, make ripe" (see mature (v.)).
Example
- 1. A great deal of maturation still awaits china .
- 2. So scientists are also testing other ways of interrupting sperm production , maturation or mobility .
- 3. But nothing they added to this mix worked , not even factors known to stimulate sperm maturation .
- 4. This appears to be the first evidence that visual cues can affect the rate of sexual maturation of a species .
- 5. Future research could also see whether other visual cues affect sexual maturation , such as the presence of predators .