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teratogenesis vs maturation

maturation vs teratogenesis

teratogenesis and maturation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teratogenesis Yes No No No
maturation Yes No No No
As nouns, maturation is a hypernym of teratogenesis; that is, maturation is a word with a broader meaning than teratogenesis:
  • teratogenesis: the development of defects in an embryo
  • 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 teratogenesis include development, growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
teratogenesis (noun) maturation (noun)
the development of defects in an embryo (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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