Associations to the word «Concretion»

CONCRETION, noun. The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.

CONCRETION, noun. A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.

CONCRETION, noun. (petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.

CONCRETION, noun. The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.

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

CONCRETION, 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".

CONCRETION, noun. An increase in the density of something.

CONCRETION, noun. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.