Concretion

Definition: Concretion

Concretion

Noun

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.

Date "concretion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Etymology: Concretion \Con*cre"tion\, noun. [Latin expression concretio.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Geography	Local concentration of certain chemical compounds, such as calcium carbonate or compounds of iron, that form hard grains or nodules of mixed composition and of various sizes, shapes, and colouring. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	Minute, hard, yellow masses found in the palpebral conjunctivae of elderly people or following chronic conjunctivitis, composed of the products of cellular degeneration retained in the depressions and tubular recesses in the conjunctiva. (references)
Mining	A. A hard, compact mass or aggregate of mineral matter, normally subspherical, but commonly oblate, disk-shaped, or irregular with odd or fantastic outlines; formed by precipitation from aqueous solution about a nucleus or center, such as a leaf, shell, bone, or fossil, in the pores of a sedimentary or fragmental volcanic rock, and usually of a composition widely different from that of the rock in which it is found and from which it is rather sharply separated. It represents a concentration of some minor constituent of the enclosing rock or of cementing material, such as silica (chert), calcite, dolomite, iron oxide, pyrite, or gypsum, and it ranges in size from a small pelletlike object to a great spheroidal body as much as 3 m in diameter. Most concretions were formed during diagenesis, and many (esp. in limestone and shale) shortly after sediment deposition. CF:nodule b. A collective term applied loosely to various primary and secondary mineral segregations of diverse origin, including irregular nodules, spherulites, crystalline aggregates, geodes, septaria, and related bodies.Not recommended usage. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Concretion

Synonyms: calculus (n), coalescence (n), coalescency (n), coalition (n), compaction (n), compression (n), conglutination (n), densification (n), stone (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Coherence	Noun: coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering; Verb: connection; dependence.
Density	Solid body, mass, block, knot, lump; concretion, concrete, conglomerate; cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum; bone, gristle, cartilage; casein, crassamentum; legumin.
	Condensation; caseation; solidation, solidification; consolidation; concretion, coagulation; petrification. (hardening); crystallization, precipitation; deposit, precipitate; inspissation; gelation, thickening. Verb:
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Concretion

English words defined with "concretion": Adarce ♦ Bezoar, Biliary calculus ♦ calculus, Chalkstone, Concrement, Concretionary, Concretive, Concreture ♦ Eozoon ♦ Hippolith ♦ Lapidescence ♦ Phlebolith ♦ renal calculus, Rhinolith ♦ stone ♦ Tabasheer ♦ urinary calculus. (references)

Specialty definitions using "concretion": biolite ♦ calculus I, concretion with undifferentiated fabric ♦ Dental Calculus ♦ naphthode ♦ statoconium. (references)

Etymologies containing "concretion": Tophus. (references)

"Concretion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Concretion" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	35	58,339

Expressions using "concretion": concretion with undifferentiated fabric ♦ gouty concretion. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "concretion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ngurtësim (induration, petrifaction, petrification, solidification), masë e ngurtësuar, masë e fortë. (various references)

Arabic		‏تقسية, ‏تحجير (petrifaction). (various references)

Bulgarian		срастване (accretion, adhesion, agglutination, coalescence, conglutination, intergrowth), слепване (adhesion, agglutination, conglutination), конкреция, конкремент, камък (calculus, rock, stone), втвърдяване (calcification, congealment, fixation, induration, reinforcement, rigescence, sclerosis, set), маса (accumulation, aggregation, body, bulk, crowd, gross, heap, heaps of, herd, lashings, lot, lump, mass, oodles, pack, regiment, ruck, scad, shoal, slathers, stack, swarm, table, volume, volumes). (various references)

Czech		zhutnìní. (various references)

Danish		concretio (concretions, conjunctiva), sten (stone), sammenvoksning (accretion, coalescence, coalition, concrescence, concretions, conjunctiva, synechia, union), konkrement (calculus, concrement, gallstone), konkrekon, grus (concrement, flake, gravel, rubble, spall). (various references)

Dutch		concretio (concretions, conjunctiva), concretievorming, concretie (concretions, conjunctiva), concrement (concrement), steengruis (gravel, grit), steen (brick, gem, jewel, stone). (various references)

Finnish		konkreetio. (various references)

French		concrétion (concrement, concretions, conjunctiva). (various references)

German		Verwaschung. (various references)

Greek		σύγκριμα (agglomerate, calculus, concrement, gallstone), σύμπηξη (agglomeration, clotting, coagulation, curdling), σύμφυση (adhesion, bridle, concretions, conjunctiva, cord). (various references)

Hungarian		megkeményedés. (various references)

Italian		concrezione (accretion, concrement, concrescence, concretions, conjunctiva). (various references)

Manx		co-aase (concresence). (various references)

Pig Latin		oncretioncay

Portuguese		concreção (concrement, concretions, conjunctiva). (various references)

Romanian		concreţiune, concreţie, calcul (account, calculation, calculus, casting, computation, estimate, estimation, numeration, rate, sum), piatrã (gallstone, gravel, hail, hailstone, scale, stone, tartar), întãrire (bracing, hardening, induration, intensification, intension, munition, protection, recruitment, reinforcement, strengthening). (various references)

Russian		сращение (coalescence, concrescence). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zgušnjavanje (concentration, jellification, thickening), srašćivanje. (various references)

Spanish		concreción (concrement, concretions, conjunctiva). (various references)

Swedish		sten (calculus, pebble, rock, stone), sammansmältning (coalition, fusion, melting), konkretisering, konkretion, konkret sak (concrete), fast massa. (various references)

Turkish		yumru (bump, cupola, excrescence, gallnut, knob, knot, knurl, lump, node, nodule, nub, nubble, protuberance, swelling, torus, tuber, tuberose, tuberosity, tuberous, wart), taş (allusion, calculus, dig, Flint, gem, gibe, gravel, hit, innuendo, jeer, jibe, lapidary, piece, rock, stone), katılaştırma (case-hardening, hardening, solidification), katılaşmış madde, katılaşma (fixation, hardening, induration, rigor, rigour, solidification), birleşme (accord, alliance, association, coalescence, coalition, cohesion, concrescence, conjugation, conjunction, copulation, fusion, hookup, incorporation, integration, joinder, joining, juncture, meeting, merger, reunion, unification, union), bütünleşme (integration), şiş (blown up, broach, bulge, knitting needle, needle, protuberant, rising, roasting jack, skewer, spit, swell, swelling, tumefaction, turgescence, turgid, wart). (various references)

Ukrainian		твердіння, конкреція (nodule), коагуляція (coagulation), зрощення (concrescence), згущення (coagulation, concentration, condensation, thickening). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự đúc lại th� nh khối, khối kết hạch. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "concretion": concretionary, concretions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Concretion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: concention, concoetion. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "concretion" (pronounced 'Con*cre"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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	Direct Anagrams: concertino.
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: connector, nonerotic.
	-2 letters: coercion, concerti, concerto, crocoite, necrotic.
	-3 letters: centric, cerotic, cointer, conceit, concent, concern, concert, connect, connote, coontie, cornice, coronet, crocein, crocine, intoner, noticer, orectic, ternion.
	-4 letters: cicero, citron, coiner, conine, conner, cooter, cootie, cornet, cortin, cretic, cretin, croton, enroot, erotic, intern, intone, intron, ionone, nocent, noetic, norite, notice, notion, octroi, orcein, orient.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: concertinos, concretions.
	+2 letters: concertgoing, confectioner, consecration, reconception, reconnection, reconviction.
	+3 letters: concentration, concertgoings, concretionary, confectionary, confectioners, confectionery, consecrations, contraception, counteraction, nondemocratic, nonelectronic, preconception, preconviction, reconceptions, reconnections, reconvictions.
	+4 letters: concelebration, concentrations, concretization, contraceptions, counteractions, deconsecration, deconstruction, econometrician, microinjection, nonelectronics, preconceptions, preconvictions, reconciliation, reconsecration, reconstruction.
	+5 letters: anthropocentric, concelebrations, concretizations, confectionaries, confectioneries, counterreaction, counterviolence, deconcentration, deconsecrations, deconstructions, econometricians, interconnection, microinjections, nonconstructive, reconcentration, reconciliations, reconsecrations, reconstructions.
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Concretion

Definition: Concretion

Concretion

Noun

Specialty Definition: Concretion

Geography

Health

Mining

Synonyms: Concretion

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Coherence

Density

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