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maturation

maturation

1 8.2
An infected area fills with pus before it can be drained
  • noun
  • /ˌmætʃʊˈreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : supuración

Examples

  • The maturation point of the residual limb was difficult to identify, and there was significant variation in volume change among individuals.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Of the azoospermic patients recruited, 19 presented with maturation arrest on testis biopsy.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Congenital vascular malformations are the result of aberrations within the maturation process of the vascular system.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Samples of DNA from 19 azoospermic patients with maturation arrest and 75 normal fertile control men were screened for mutations in the SYCP3 gene by sequence analysis of the gene.

    Academic text (2003)
  • However, the effects of IL-21 on B-cell maturation and on plasma cell development are most remarkable and account for its proposed fundamentally important role in autoantibody-mediated autoimmune processes 71 (Figure 2).

    Blog text (17)
  • In an abscess, the process of maturation is crucial for the eventual formation of pus.

  • The doctor explained that the maturation of the abscess leads to its discharge and healing.

  • During the maturation of a vesicle, the accumulation of pus can indicate an infection.

Synonyms

suppuration
vsmaturation
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The process when pus comes out of a wound because of infection

focuses on the forming stage inside an abscess before discharge

Antonyms

623 3.3

To find an answer to a problem and end a disagreement

481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

How Advanced

discharge
27 4.4
maturation
  • Specialized
1 8.2
abscess
  • Specialized
23 7.5
inflammation
  • Specialized
53 3.7

Surface Forms

maturation singular
maturations plural

Morphology

maturation = mature (semi-transparent) = mature + ation

Morphologically clear as 'mature' + '-ation', but the medical sense 'formation of pus' is specialized and not predictable from the general sense for average learners.

Etymology

Maturation comes from the Latin maturare meaning 'to ripen' and the same 'ripening' image is used in medicine. In this sense it describes an abscess or infected area filling with pus and becoming ready to be opened or drained.