Definitions
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- adjective biology Of, pertaining to, or promoting
maturation
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- adjective relating to or involved in maturation
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Examples
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Separating and individuating refer to the maturational step of becoming a separate person, with clear self-other boundaries.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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You can't prevent enuresis from prolonging because it's due to a delay in attainment of night-time bladder control, what's also known as maturational delay. "
unknown title 2009
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Speaking as someone who was a teen not too long ago (smile), I can appreciate the desire to indulge in pop culture far beyond your maturational capabilities, but as we grow older we (hopefully) get wiser, and find ourselves turning into our parents … when at one time we would have rather had a super sharp needle stuck in our eye than to ever admit that could happen.
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Concealed in this behavior, they say, is a need for acceptance and to be liked and loved, which is a healthy desire that has always been a part of the maturational process.
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Normal white blood cells developing in the bone marrow undergo a series of maturational steps to develop into fully functional adult cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Dr. SUSAN TAPERT (Psychiatry, University of California San Diego): First of all, the adolescent brain is still undergoing several maturational processes that render it more vulnerable to some of the effects of substances.
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Normal white blood cells developing in the bone marrow undergo a series of maturational steps to develop into fully functional adult cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Concealed in this behavior, they say, is a need for acceptance and to be liked and loved, which is a healthy desire that has always been a part of the maturational process.
Dr. Larry Dossey: Is Technology Making Children More Empathic? 2010
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Normal white blood cells developing in the bone marrow undergo a series of maturational steps to develop into fully functional adult cells.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Klein ultimately designated this maturational move as a shift from a ‘paranoid-schizoid position’ to a ‘depressive position’.
Melanie Klein. 2009
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