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Concretion

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Noun

1. concretion

the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)

2. calculus, concretion

a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

Example Sentences:
'renal calculi can be very painful'

3. compaction, compression, concretion, densification

an increase in the density of something

4. coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination

the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Concretion

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noun
1. 
the act or process of coming or growing together; coalescence
2. 
a solid or solidified mass
3. 
something made real, tangible, or specific
4. 
any of various rounded or irregular mineral masses formed by chemical precipitation around a nucleus, such as a bone or shell, that is different in composition from the sedimentary rock that surrounds it
5. pathology another word for calculus

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Concretion

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noun
1. 
a solidifying or being solidified
2. 
an act or instance of concretizing
3. 
a solidified mass
; specif.,
a.  Geology
an inclusion in sedimentary rock, usually rounded and harder than the surrounding rock, resulting from the formation of succeeding layers of mineral matter about some nucleus, as a grain of sand
b.  Medicine
a solidified mass, usually inorganic, deposited in the body; calculus

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Concretion

see synonyms of concretion
n.
1.
a. The act or process of concreting into a mass; coalescence.
b. The state of having been concreted: a concretion of seminal ideas in her treatise.
2. A solid hard mass.
3. Geology A rounded mass of mineral matter found in sedimentary rock.
4. Medicine A solid mass, usually composed of inorganic material, formed in a cavity or tissue of the body; a calculus.

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