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/mˌætʃərˈeɪʃən/ /mˌætʃʊrˈeɪʃən/ Listen  Maturation
noun 2.(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. Synonyms: development, growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny. 3.(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus. Synonyms: festering, suppuration.
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