dematuration

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noun

The reversal of the maturation of a cell.

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Meanings

noundematuration (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe reversal of the maturation of a cell.

    Our data, which indicated an increase in serum (humans and mice) and testicular (mice) AMH level after chemotherapy, suggest that the absence of germ cells due to exogenous damage may induce dematuration or dedifferentiation of Sertoli cells (3).

    2015 October 1, Mattan Levi, Noa Hasky, Salomon M. Stemmer, Ruth Shalgi, Irit Ben-Aharon, “Anti-Müllerian Hormone Is a Marker for Chemotherapy-Induced Testicular Toxicity”, in Endocrinology, volume 156, number 10, →DOI, page 3824

Origin

From de- + maturation.

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dematuration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dematuration.

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