dematuration

dematuration

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ maturation.

Noun

dematuration (uncountable)

  1. (biology) The reversal of the maturation of a cell.
    • 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:
      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).

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