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concretionary

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con⋅cre⋅tion⋅ar⋅y

  [kon-kree-shuh-ner-ee, kong-]
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–adjective
formed by concretion; consisting of concreted matter or masses.
Origin:
1820–30; concretion + -ary
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con·cre·tion   (kən-krē'shən)   
n.  

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

    2. 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.

con·cre'tion·ar'y (-shə-něr'ē) adj.
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