MATURATION

festering, suppuration, maturation

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

growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

(noun) (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; “he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”

maturation, ripening, maturement

(noun) coming to full development; becoming mature

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

maturation (countable and uncountable, plural maturations)

The process of becoming mature.

(biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.

(medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

Anagrams

• natatorium

Source: Wiktionary


Mat`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.

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