Maturation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the process of becoming mature, ripe, fully aged or developed, etc.: Maturation of the wine takes place in high-quality oak barrels.Making and breaking relationships is part of a young person’s normal maturation.
  2. Cell Biology.
    • the end of the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to highly specialized: The maturation of pancreatic beta cells enables them to respond with specialized accuracy to glucose levels.
    • the transformation of an immature egg or sperm cell into a gamete ready to unite with another to form a new organism, especially the part of the process that occurs after meiosis: In some species, if the animal is starving, egg cell maturation is blocked so that reproduction cannot take place.
  3. the stage at which a wound, boil, etc., produces pus; suppuration.
noun
  1. the process of maturing or ripening
  2. the development of ova and spermatozoa from precursor cells in the ovary and testis, involving meiosis
  3. a less common word for suppuration
Maturation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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