Concretion (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
  2. the state of being concreted.
  3. a solid mass formed by or as if by coalescence or cohesion: a concretion of melted candies.
  4. anything that is made real, tangible, or particular.
  5. a solid or calcified mass in the body formed by a disease process.
  6. a rounded mass of mineral matter occurring in sandstone, clay, etc., often in concentric layers about a nucleus.
noun
  1. the act or process of coming or growing together; coalescence
  2. a solid or solidified mass
  3. something made real, tangible, or specific
  4. 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
  5. pathol another word for calculus
Concretion (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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