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myelinization vs maturation

maturation vs myelinization

myelinization and maturation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
myelinization Yes No No No
maturation Yes No No No
As nouns, maturation is a hypernym of myelinization; that is, maturation is a word with a broader meaning than myelinization:
  • myelinization: the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
  • 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 myelinization include development, growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
myelinization (noun) maturation (noun)
the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber (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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