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cenogenesis vs maturation

maturation vs cenogenesis

cenogenesis and maturation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cenogenesis Yes No No No
maturation Yes No No No
As nouns, maturation is a hypernym of cenogenesis; that is, maturation is a word with a broader meaning than cenogenesis:
  • cenogenesis: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
  • maturation: (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
Other hypernyms of cenogenesis include development, growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
cenogenesis (noun) maturation (noun)
introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) (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
coming to full development; becoming mature
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
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