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Definition of Concretion

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

2. Noun. 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"

3. Noun. An increase in the density of something.

4. Noun. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.

Definition of Concretion

1. n. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

Definition of Concretion

1. Noun. The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass. ¹

2. Noun. A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence. ¹

3. Noun. (geology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor. ¹

4. Noun. The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Concretion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Concretion

1. 1. The act or process of making or becoming solid. 2. A localised concentration of chemical compounds, (for example, calcium carbonate and iron oxide) in the form of a grain or nodule of varying size, shape, hardness and colour, concretions of significance in hydric soils are usually iron oxides and manganese oxides occurring at or near the soil surface, which have developed under conditions of fluctuating water tables. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Concretion

concrete operations concrete representation concrete term concrete thinking concrete verb concrete verbs concreted concretely concreteness concretenesses

concreter concreters concretes concreting concretio cordis concretion (current term) concretional concretionary concretions concretisation

concretisations concretise concretised concretises concretising concretism concretisms concretist concretistic concretists

Literary usage of Concretion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"The mass of the rock is made up of white opaque bauxite with a well-defined banded structure near the exterior of the concretion. ..."

2. Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning by Michel Bréal, John Percival Postgate (1900)
"... CHAPTER XIII ABSTRACT WORDS AND concretion OF MEANING 'What is to be understood by concretion of meaning—Examples drawn from various languages. ..."

3. The Cause of the Coagulation of the Blood: Being the Astley Cooper Prize by Benjamin Ward Richardson (1858)
"In each case the concretion was removed from the right auricle, the cavity of ... In instances of this kind, there can be no doubt of the concretion having ..."

4. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1814)
"I. concretion on the Elm. I lately received from William Elford Leach, Esq. a concretion of a brownish grey colour and stony appearance, which he had found ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"concretion in the Lymphoid Mass at the Vault of the Pharynx. ... September 2S, 1907) reports the spontaneous expulsion of a concretion resembling a ..."

6. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... vi to grow together, to become dense by coagulation Konkretion, /. concretion, congenital adhesion of parts Konkurrenz, /. competition (between bacteria ..."

7. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1838)
"... concretion proves, with others, that coagula, of the nature of those usually met with in the cavities of the heart on dissection, may form during life, ..."

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