Organism Function
sexual maturation
sex·u·al mat·u·ra·tion
Subclass of:
Sexual Development
Definitions related to sexual maturation:
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Achievement of full sexual capacity in animals and in humans.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Becoming physiologically capable of sexual reproduction as marked by genital maturation, development of secondary sex characteristics, and, in girls, the first occurrence of menstruation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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