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overmatured

overmatured adjective: excessively matured.

Adjective

overmatured (comparative more overmatured, superlative most overmatured)

  1. 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

Forms of overmatured

comparativemore overmatured
superlativemost overmatured

Origin of overmatured

From over- + matured.

Questions about overmatured

What does overmatured mean?
Overmatured means excessively matured.
What part of speech is overmatured?
Overmatured is an adjective.

Words near overmatured in the dictionary

  1. overmatching
  2. overmatchings
  3. overmatter
  4. overmattress
  5. overmature
  6. overmatured
  7. overmaturity
  8. overmean
  9. overmeaningful
  10. overmeasure
  11. overmeasured

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