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CONCRETION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
Synonyms:
coalescence; coalescency; coalition; concretion; conglutination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("concretion" is a kind of...):
conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)
Derivation:
concrete (form into a solid mass; coalesce)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An increase in the density of something
Synonyms:
compaction; compression; concretion; densification
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("concretion" is a kind of...):
concentration (increase in density)
Derivation:
concrete (form into a solid mass; coalesce)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
Example:
renal calculi can be very painful
Synonyms:
calculus; concretion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("concretion" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concretion"):
bladder stone; cystolith (a calculus formed in the bladder)
enterolith (a calculus occurring in the intestines)
bilestone; gallstone (a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts)
kidney stone; nephrolith; renal calculus; urinary calculus (a calculus formed in the kidney)
ptyalith (calculus in a salivary gland)
salivary calculus; sialolith (a stone formed in the salivary gland)
urolith (a urinary stone)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("concretion" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
