maturative

/M AH0 T Y UH1 R AH0 T IH0 V/
adjective
  1. 1

    Tending to promote maturation or progress.

  2. 2

    Pertaining to the process of maturation.

  3. 3

    (medicine) Progressing through distinct phases or stages.

  4. 4

    (medicine, of the stage of a maturative disease or process) Final.

  5. 5

    Characteristic of healthy emotional maturity.

noun
  1. 1

    (medicine, historical) A remedy used in medieval medicine to promote maturation; a maturant.

  2. 2

    (linguistics, rare) A verb that implies the process of growth, progress or maturation