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Webster 1913 Edition


Concretion

Con-cre′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
concretio
.]
1.
The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.
2.
A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus.
Accidental ossifications or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous
concretions
.
Dunglison.
3.
(Geol.)
A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center;
as, the calcareous
concretions
common in beds of clay
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Concretion

CONCRETION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of concreting; the process by which soft or fluid bodies become thick, consistent, solid or hard; the act of growing together, or of uniting, by other natural process, the small particles of matter into a mass.
2.
The mass or solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation or induration; a clot; a lump; a solid substance formed in the soft parts or in the cavities of animal bodies.

Definition 2024


concrétion

concrétion

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French

Noun

concrétion f (plural concrétions)

  1. concretion