1. (noun) maturation, ripening, maturement
coming to full development; becoming mature
Synonyms: suppuration, ontogenesis, ageing, ripening, growth, aging, growing, festering, ontogeny, maturation, maturement, development
2. (noun) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(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
Synonyms: development, emergence, ripening, maturation, suppuration, increase, ontogenesis, maturement, growth, evolution, developing, outgrowth, ontogeny, increment, exploitation, growing, festering
3. (noun) festering, suppuration, maturation
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Synonyms: suppuration, ontogenesis, sanies, ripening, growth, ichor, growing, purulence, festering, ontogeny, pus, maturation, maturement, development
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