See Also: Maturation(medicine)
maturation(dictionary)
sex maturation(medicine)
maturation value(medicine)
maturation(dictionary)
maturation index(medicine)
maturation factor(medicine)
maturation arrest(medicine)
sperm maturation(medicine)
maturation-promoting factor(medicine)

Gibraltar (oh) and maturation (iou)


Gibraltar (oh)



a town and port on the Rock of Gibraltar on the southern coast of Spain. It has belonged to the UK since 1713, but the Spanish government would like it to belong to Spain.
-- Gibraltarian n adj

maturation (iou)



maturation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or medieval Latin maturatio(n-), formed as MATURATE: see -ATION.]
Medicine. The formation or encapsulation of pus; suppuration; the process of causing this. LME.
The forwarding of a business, enterprise, etc. L16-M17.
Alchemy. Purification; esp. conversion of a base metal into gold. Only in 17.
The action of becoming or making ripe or matured; an instance of this. E17.
W. James A flaw in white wines caused by their absorption of too much oxygen during..maturation.
The process of coming to full growth or development; the completing or perfecting of a plan, work, etc. M17.
W. O. Weigle Acquired early in life before maturation of the immune mechanisms.
Physics. The (supposed) natural ripening or development of material substances by the operation of heat and motion. M17-M18.
Comb.: maturation division Biology either of the two divisions of meiosis.
maturational adjective E20.