[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the process of becoming mature, ripe, fully aged or developed, etc.:Maturation of the wine takes place in high-quality oak barrels.Making and breaking relationships is part of a young person’s normal maturation.", "Cell Biology.the end of the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to highly specialized:The maturation of pancreatic beta cells enables them to respond with specialized accuracy to glucose levels.the transformation of an immature egg or sperm cell into a gamete to unite with another to form a new organism, especially the part of the process that occurs after meiosis:In some species, if the animal is starving, egg cell maturation is blocked so that reproduction cannot take place.", "the end of the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to highly specialized:The maturation of pancreatic beta cells enables them to respond with specialized accuracy to glucose levels.", "the transformation of an immature egg or sperm cell into a gamete to unite with another to form a new organism, especially the part of the process that occurs after meiosis:In some species, if the animal is starving, egg cell maturation is blocked so that reproduction cannot take place.", "Pathology.the stage at which a wound, boil, etc., produces pus; suppuration."]}]