maturation
(mach″ŭ-rā′shŏn)
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[L. maturatio, ripening]
1. Maturing; ripening, as a graafian follicle.
2. Suppuration.
3. The process in the development of germ cells (spermatozoa and ova) occurring in spermatogenesis or oogenesis in which the number of chromosomes is reduced from the diploid number to the haploid number (one half of diploid). This process includes two cell divisions.
SEE: oogenesis; SEE: spermatogenesis
4. The completion of the mineralization pattern or crystalline structure of calcified tissues.
5. In development of an organism, the movement toward or achievement of adulthood.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Maturation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742592/all/maturation.
Maturation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742592/all/maturation. Accessed October 10, 2024.
Maturation. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742592/all/maturation
Maturation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742592/all/maturation.
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