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Is maturative a Scrabble word?

Yes, maturative is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 15 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of maturative?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (medicine, historical) A remedy used in medieval medicine to promote maturation; a maturant.Examples: "Maturatives, or alterative Medicines in the Chest and Ship to be had are very many , yea more then I can call to mind at this time , wherefore to be brief , Emplastrum Diachylon cum Gummis I put for the principal , for it is for that purpose only, Parqacelsus Plaisters applyed thick spread, the place first anointed with oyl of Lillies, will do well."; "Wherefore (says he) the safest way is, not always to confide in one Medicament alone, but rather to compound them, according to the Nature and Temper of the Part, and to mingle Digestives with Sarcoticks: Since that Experience testifies, that such are used with far better Success, than meer Maturatives alone."; "If the subcutaneous infection still exists, the resolutives help rid the would of any remaining infection; the softening drugs make the wound amenable to treatment; if there was no choice but to mature and lance the aposteme, the maturatives were used; cleansing drugs rid the wound of the remaining pus; and sedatives eased the discomfort."historical

2. (linguistics, rare) A verb that implies the process of growth, progress or maturationExamples: "What is characteristic of the maturatives as a kind of special case of the conformatives is the factor of growth, of alteration in time, but also something more, as we shall presently see."rare

adj (English)

1. (medicine) Progressing through distinct phases or stages.Examples: "The maturative process is often accompanied by an exceedingly tender state of the surface."; "The maturative subtype can be identified only retrospectively after maturation to ganglioneuroma, and represents probably less than 5% of all peripheral neuroblastic tumors."; "The defectiveness of the clone becomes progrssively manifest both in the maturative and the proliferative activity of the progeny, which expands due to a still unexplained biological cause. It is conceivable that the combined proliferative and maturative defects alone may result in a decreased cell loss and may cause the progressive over-growth of the defective clone."

2. (medicine, of the stage of a maturative disease or process) Final.Examples: "At other times they are not noticed until the eruption has begun do develope itself, or even later in the maturative stage."; "In order to achieve full mineralization, excess water and organic material have to be removed during the maturative stage, at the same time that mineral is transported into the tissue."; "In the maturative or suppurative stage , Mercurius will be found of essential service; six globules in six table-spoonfuls of water, & table-spoonful every three hours."

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "maturative"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "maturative"?

Scrabble
15 points
M3
A1
T1
U1
R1
A1
T1
I1
V4
E1
Words With Friends
18 points
M4
A1
T1
U2
R1
A1
T1
I1
V4
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