Meanings
adjectiveovermatured (comparative more overmatured, superlative most overmatured)
comparative more overmatured · superlative most overmatured
- Excessively matured.
Insufficient maturation of oocyte is not enough to support the subsequent embryo development, and oocyte will be senescent if overmatured.
2015 June 27, Qi Zhao et al., “Discovery of porcine maternal factors related to nuclear reprogramming and early embryo development by proteomic analysis”, in Proteome Science, volume 13, →DOI
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