Middle English Dictionary Entry
mātūrāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mātūrāciǒun n. Also (error) maturatuacioun. |
| Etymology | L mātūrātio |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The coming to a head of an aposteme or the like; a state of producing pus, suppuration; (b) treatment to induce suppuration; bringing a morbid swelling to a head by medical treatment; of hard (ivel) ~, difficult to bring to a head, not responsive to maturative remedies; (c) the property of inducing suppuration.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)42b/b : When it [aposteme of the back] is saniate, þer is noȝt abiden perfite maturacioun [L perfecta maturatio] for to opne it.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)105a/a : For alle ȝif it be beter to abide perfite maturacioun in oþer places, neuerþelese, in þes cases we moste kit þe bocches aforne here complete maturacioun.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)128b/a : Ȝif þe place be broken aforne þe time of maturacioun, þen leie in þe wounde one of þe mundificatiues þe whiche haþe vertue to mature þe residue.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)163b/b : It resolueþ enpostumes..oþere makeþ redye harde enpostumes to maturacioun.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)147/2 : When it [aposteme] goþ forsoþe to maturacioun, Hebenmesue commaundeþ þis emplastre.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)308/38 : If it breke nouȝt by itself, abide not þe maturacioun, but open it wiþ a launcet, ferre fro þe corner of þe eyȝe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)486/13 : If þe mater forsoþe goo to maturacioun, helpe it with þe sethynge of raysynes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)59a/a : If þe humouris þat ben aboute þe wounde ne beþ not obedient to turne to maturacioun.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)107b/a : If þer be ony glandulis norischinge þilke vlcus..if þei drawen to maturacioun, þei schulen be vndoon.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)22b/b : Exiturez..þat beþ nyȝ noble membres..And þat is of grosse materie of heuy mouynge, playne & noȝt sharpe, is suspecte & of yuel maturacioun [Ch.(2): maturynge].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)170a/a : For whi þat is mych cocted acordeþ to exsiccated flegmonez & of hard maturacioun [Ch.(2): harde to matere], þat is lesse, forsoþ, in riȝt hote and boilingez.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)103b/b : & þerfore þat partie of þe bocche þat is depe is not obedient to maturacioun.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)119a/b : For suche a mundificatiue clenseþ with maturatuacioun of þe residue þat is not clensed.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)12/28 : Also ane emplastre of þe forseid maluez is a ful gode maturatif..to al oþer apostemez þat nedeþ maturacion.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)176b/b : Atriplex & spinargia bene wortez..with maturacioun & lenicioun, i. softenyng or esyng..Apium haþ many spicez..with maturacioun [Ch.(2): maturynge & mundificacioun.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177b/a : Cera is temperate, And for þi it is materie of al medicynez with maturacioun [L maturatione].
- c1450 *Chauliac(1) (Sln 3666)153a/a : Brionia is a rote..wiþe..abstersioun and maturacioun.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 Comment.Hippocrates (Trin-C R.14.52)423/1323 : Wherfor ther folowith sedacioun of heete whiche is in place apostemed and rest of akth and remayneth that remayned of stony aposteme that resolvith nat ne chaungith as nat biholdeth of it any thyng but abidith til it ripe..And the maturizacioun of hym shal be after the qualite of hym.
- a1484 Comment.Hippocrates (Trin-C R.14.52)423/1371 : Thiese maner of apostemes happen of fleame..And quyveryng accidens is lasse in hem bicause forsoth in the long space of hem is of their grete cold whan sumtyme the maturizacioun is nat complete but bi heete.
Note: Ed.: "maturizacioun n. 'of apostemes: coming to a head and forming pus, suppuration'."
Note: Not found in OED.
Note: ?New form (?error), or poss. ?new entry.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. maturation.