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