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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•cre•tion (kon krē′shən, kong-),USA pronunciation n. - the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial;
coalescence; solidification. - the state of being concreted.
- a solid mass formed by or as if by coalescence or cohesion:a concretion of melted candies.
- anything that is made real, tangible, or particular.
- Pathologya solid or calcified mass in the body formed by a disease process.
- Geologya rounded mass of mineral matter occurring in sandstone, clay, etc., often in concentric layers about a nucleus.
- Latin concrētiōn- (stem of concrētiō). See concrete, -ion
- 1535–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: concretion /kənˈkriːʃən/ n - the act or process of coming or growing together; coalescence
- a solid or solidified mass
- something made real, tangible, or specific
- any of various rounded or irregular mineral masses formed by chemical precipitation around a nucleus, such as a bone or shell, that is different in composition from the sedimentary rock that surrounds it
- another word for calculus
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