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English to English noun
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coming to full development; becoming mature |  | source: wordnet30
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(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 |  | Example: he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
source: wordnet30
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(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus |  | source: wordnet30
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The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter. |  | source: webster1913
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