CONCRETION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concretion mean? 

• CONCRETION (noun)
  The noun CONCRETION has 4 senses:

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

3. an increase in the density of something

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

  Familiarity information: CONCRETION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCRETION (noun)

Sense 1

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

calculus; concretion

Context example:

renal calculi can be very painful

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 3

Meaning:

An increase in the density of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

compaction; compression; concretion; densification

Hypernyms ("concretion" is a kind of...):

concentration (increase in density)

Derivation:

concrete (form into a solid mass; coalesce)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coalescence; coalescency; coalition; concretion; conglutination

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)