Found 2 hits - Term: concretion, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
concretion \concre"tion\, n. l. concretio.
1. the process of concreting; the process of uniting or of
becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass;
solidification.
1913 webster
2. a mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing
together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation,
induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus.
1913 webster
accidental ossifications or deposits of phosphates
of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous
concretions. --dunglison.
1913 webster
3. geol. a rounded mass or nodule produced by an
aggregation of the material around a center; as, the
calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
concretion
n 1: the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ
e.g., the kidneys
2: a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts;
found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal
calculi can be very painful" syn: calculus
3: an increase in the density of something syn: compaction,
compression, densification
4: the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;
the growing together of parts syn: coalescence, coalescency,
coalition, conglutination
see also:
calculus compaction compression densification coalescence coalescency
coalition conglutination
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