English > maturation: 3 senses > noun 2, process| 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. |
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| Synonyms | growth, growing, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis |
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| Category of | isometry | The growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same |
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| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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| Parts | gastrulation | The process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells |
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| Narrower | amelogenesis | The developmental process of forming tooth enamel |
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| 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 / increase / increase in cell size without cell division |
| blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence | The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms |
| cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis | 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 |
| culture | (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) |
| 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 / 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 |
| 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 |
| masculinization, masculinisation, virilization, virilisation | 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) |
| myelinization, myelinisation | 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 / stages |
| rooting | The process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow |
| suppression | The failure to develop some part or organ |
| teething, dentition, odontiasis | The eruption through the gums of baby teeth |
| teratogenesis | The development of defects in an embryo |
| vegetation | The process of growth in plants |
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
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| Opposite | nondevelopment | failure of normal development to occur |
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| Spanish | crecimiento, desarrollo, maduración, ontogénesis, ontogenia |
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| Catalan | creixement, desenvolupament, maduració, ontogènesi, ontogènia |
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| Adjectives | maturational | relating to or involved in maturation |
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| Verbs | mature, maturate | grow old or older |
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