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n. The process of becoming mature.

n. Biology The processes by which gametes are formed, including the reduction of chromosomes in a germ cell from the diploid number to the haploid number by meiosis.

n. Biology The final differentiation processes in biological systems, such as the final ripening of a seed or the attainment of full functional capacity by a cell, a tissue, or an organ.

n. The process of becoming mature

n. The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism

n. The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.

n. The process of ripening or coming to maturity; a bringing to maturity; hence, a carrying out; consummation.

n. In medicine, a ripening or maturing, as of an abscess; formation of pus; suppuration.

n. In cytology and embryology, the final stage in the development of the germcells (ovum and spermatozoön). This stage is characterized by certain changes in the chromosomes, especially a reduction in their number to one half of that of the chromosomes in the somatic or body cells.

n. (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

n. coming to full development; becoming mature

n. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

"For although some brains work differently than others I believe our maturation is a sum of our experiences, not how we process them."

biological process    organic process    bodily function    bodily process    body process    activity   

Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization    Confederation    Corp.    Croatian    Dalmatian    Desegregation   

differentiation    proliferation    apoptosis    motility    activation    anergy    adhesion    subtypes    recruitment    effector