concretion

con·cre·tion

noun \kän-ˈkrē-shən, kən-\

Definition of CONCRETION

1

: something concreted: as a : a hard usually inorganic mass (as a bezoar or tophus) formed in a living body b : a mass of mineral matter found generally in rock of a composition different from its own and produced by deposition from aqueous solution in the rock

2

: the act or process of concreting : the state of being concreted <concretion of ideas in a hypothesis>

— con·cre·tion·ary \-shə-ˌner-ē\ adjective

First Known Use of CONCRETION

1541

Rhymes with CONCRETION

accretion, Capetian, completion, deletion, depletion, excretion, Helvetian, Lucretian, Ossetian, Phoenician, repletion, secretion, suppletion, Tahitian, Venetian