Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maturation \Mat`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F.
   maturation.]
   The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence,
   specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the
   formation of pus or matter.

Source : WordNet®

maturation
     n 1: coming to full development; becoming mature [syn: {ripening},
           {maturement}]
     2: (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; "he proposed an indicator of
        osseous development in children" [syn: {growth}, {growing},
         {development}, {ontogeny}, {ontogenesis}] [ant: {nondevelopment}]
     3: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or
        a vesicle and the discharge of pus [syn: {festering}, {suppuration}]