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concretion
 
Noun concretion has 4 senses
  1. concretion - the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
    --1 is a kind of     natural process, natural action, action, activity
  2. calculus, concretion - 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"
    --2 is a kind of rock, stone
    --2 has particulars:
     bladder stone, cystolith; enterolith; gallstone, bilestone; kidney stone, urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus; ptyalith; sialolith, salivary calculus; urolith
  3. compaction, compression, concretion, densification - an increase in the density of something
    --3 is a kind of concentration
    Derived form: verb concrete2
  4. coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
    --4 is a kind of union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
    Derived form: verb concrete2
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