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MATURATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Synonyms:
festering; maturation; suppuration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("maturation" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
maturate (ripen and generate pus)
mature (cause to ripen and discharge pus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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
Example:
he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Synonyms:
development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("maturation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Meronyms (parts of "maturation"):
gastrulation (the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Domain member category:
isometry (the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maturation"):
juvenescence (the process of growing into a youth)
life cycle (the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced)
masculinisation; masculinization; virilisation; virilization (the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction))
morphogenesis (differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism))
myelinisation; myelinization (the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber)
neurogenesis (the development of nerve tissues)
palingenesis; recapitulation (emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species)
proliferation (growth by the rapid multiplication of parts)
psychogenesis (a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind)
psychogenesis (the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors)
psychomotor development (progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities)
psychosexual development ((psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage)
rooting (the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow)
suppression (the failure to develop some part or organ)
dentition; odontiasis; teething (the eruption through the gums of baby teeth)
teratogenesis (the development of defects in an embryo)
vegetation (the process of growth in plants)
culture ((biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar))
amelogenesis (the developmental process of forming tooth enamel)
angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels)
apposition ((biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material)
auxesis (growth from increase in cell size without cell division)
anthesis; blossoming; efflorescence; florescence; flowering; inflorescence (the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms)
caenogenesis; cainogenesis; cenogenesis; kainogenesis; kenogenesis (introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution))
cohesion ((botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals))
cultivation (the process of fostering the growth of something)
cytogenesis; cytogeny (the origin and development and variation of cells)
foliation; leafing ((botany) the process of forming leaves)
fructification (the bearing of fruit)
gametogenesis (the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis)
germination; sprouting (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)
habit (the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal))
infructescence (the fruiting stage of the inflorescence)
intussusception ((biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall)
Derivation:
maturate (grow old or older)
maturational (relating to or involved in maturation)
mature (grow old or older)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Coming to full development; becoming mature
Synonyms:
maturation; maturement; ripening
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("maturation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Derivation:
maturate (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation)
maturational (relating to or involved in maturation)
mature (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation)
Context examples:
It is thought that this protein may be involved in oocyte maturation and follicular development as a homodimer or by forming heterodimers with a related protein, Gdf9.
(Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
This protein is involved in cellular adhesion of platelets and megakaryocytic cells and megakaryocytic cell maturation.
(CD226 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)
This inhibits the maturation of B-lymphocytes and may induce apoptosis in B-lymphocytes.
(Belimumab, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes bone morphogenetic protein 15, plays a role in oocyte maturation and follicular development.
(BMP15 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in B-cell differentiation, maturation, and the recruitment of cells during inflammatory responses.
(CCR6 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent also downregulates heparan sulfate and reduces the expansion of cytotoxic effector T cells, interferes with the maturation of dendritic cells and increases T regulatory cells.
(Alpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor Human, NCI Thesaurus)
These findings suggested that Stat3 plays a role in the maturation of satellite cells into muscle cells.
(Controlling Muscle Repair, NIH)
It affects infants and children and usually shows megakaryocytic maturation.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Megakaryoblastic) with t(1;22)(p13;q13); RBM15-MKL1, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in the maturation of mRNA.
(PAPOLA Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in protein maturation.
(PCSK7 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
