concretion

con·cre·tion  (kn-krshn)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of concreting into a mass; coalescence.

b. The state of having been concreted: a concretion of seminal ideas in her treatise.

2. A solid hard mass.

3. Geology A rounded mass of mineral matter found in sedimentary rock.

4. Pathology A solid mass, usually composed of inorganic material, formed in a cavity or tissue of the body; a calculus.

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con·cretion·ary (-sh-nr) adj.

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concretion

Noun

1. a solidified mass

2. the act of solidifying

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Concretion a lump, nodule, or clot; a cohesion of particles.

Examples: concretion of ceremonial matters, 1634; of marine shells, 1796; of salt, 1697; of slime, 1626.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	concretion - the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
	2.	concretion - a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful" calculus 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 rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" salivary calculus, sialolith - a stone formed in the salivary gland urolith - a urinary stone
	3.	concretion - an increase in the density of something compaction, compression, densification concentration - increase in density
	4.	concretion - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts coalescence, coalescency, conglutination, coalition jointure, uniting, unification, conjugation, union - the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"