Noun
The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.
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A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
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A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
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Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions.
The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.
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"My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."
Noun
the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
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a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
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renal calculi can be very painful
an increase in the density of something
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the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
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