MATURATION
Scrabble letter values: M3A1T1U1R1A1T1I1O1N1 = 12
Definition
- noun coming to full development. — synonyms: ripening, maturement
- noun (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically. — synonyms: growth, growing, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
- noun (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus. — synonyms: festering, suppuration
Examples
- “becoming mature”
- “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”