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Maturation, in the broad [[sense]], means all of the [[processes ]] in the course of the [[development ]] of an organism that lead it to a mature [[state]]. In a more precise sense, it can be taken to mean the set of preprogrammed mechanisms that set in motion and coordinate the functions necessary for the [[life ]] of the organism, before they come into operation, and for which [[biological ]] maturation creates the means and [[conditions]].

The term has made only marginal appearances in [[psychoanalytic ]] [[literature]]. It would seem that [[Freud ]] never used it in his...