maturation

Noun

Synonyms: ripening maturement growth growing development ontogeny ontogenesis festering suppuration

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

coming to full development; becoming matureSynonyms: ripening maturement
(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”Synonyms: growth growing development ontogeny ontogenesis
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pusSynonyms: festering suppuration

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Maturation \Mat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.] The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter. [1913 Webster]