maturation
51maturation — n. the process of attaining full development. The term is applied particularly to the development of mature germ cells (ova and sperm) …
52maturation — UK [ˌmætʃʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌmætʃəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] very formal the process of growing or developing …
53maturation — mat•u•ra•tion [[t]ˌmætʃ əˈreɪ ʃən[/t]] n. the act or process of maturing …
54maturation — /mætʃəˈreɪʃən/ (say machuh rayshuhn), / tʃu / (say chooh ) noun 1. the act or process of maturating. 2. Biology the second phase of gametogenesis resulting in the production of mature eggs and sperms from oogonia and spermatogonia …
55maturation — nf., maturité, mûrissage, (période de) mûrissement : MEURAIZON (Albanais.001, Nonglard, Saxel) …
56maturation — The formation of gametes or spores …
57maturation divisions — A series of nuclear divisions in the formation of the gametes in which the chromosome number, through meiosis is reduced from diploid to haploid …
58maturation feeding — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Feeding required by some insects before their gonads can mature to produce eggs …
59maturation zone — In males of many invertebrates, that part of the genital follicle below the germarium in which each spermatocyte undergoes the two meiotic divisions to produce spermatids; see transformation zones …
60maturation-promoting factor — See cyclin …