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English noun: concretion | |||
| 1. | concretion (process) the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
| 2. | concretion (object) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | ||
| Samples | Renal calculi can be very painful. | ||
| Synonyms | calculus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rock, stone | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bilestone, bladder stone, cystolith, enterolith, gallstone, kidney stone, nephrolith, ptyalith, renal calculus, salivary calculus, sialolith, urinary calculus, urolith | ||
| 3. | concretion (event) an increase in the density of something | ||
| Synonyms | compaction, compression, densification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concentration | ||
| 4. | concretion (act) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | ||
| Synonyms | coalescence, coalescency, coalition, conglutination | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conjugation, jointure, unification, union, uniting | ||
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