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