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Synonyms for concretion

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-kree-shuh n, kong-
Phonetic Transcription : kɒnˈkri ʃən, kɒŋ-

Définition of concretion

Origin :
  • by 1670s, from French concrétion, from Latin concretionem (nominative concretio), from concretus (see concrete).
  • noun crystallization
Example sentences :
  • Philanthropy (and indeed every other virtue) is a thing of concretion.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2) » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • It is little more than a concretion of compact basaltic rock, with slight traces of art.
  • Extract from : « Zui Fetiches » by Frank Hamilton Cushing
  • Instead of smooth facets and sharp angles, the concretion may be studded with irregularly-shaped masses.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Crab's′-eyes, the scarlet seeds of an East Indian bead-tree: a concretion of carbonate of lime in the stomach of the cray-fish.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • Thirdly, the concretion in the body of various juices, turbid vapours, and dense humours is the last provocative of sickness.
  • Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
  • De Brosses was well aware that heathen religions were a complex mass, a concretion of many materials.
  • Extract from : « Custom and Myth » by Andrew Lang
  • The rock is not one mass of stone, but a concretion of pebbles and earth, so firm that it does not appear to have mouldered.
  • Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 » by Boswell
  • When largely deposited in joints an abscess sometimes forms, the skin gives way, and the concretion is exposed.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 » by Various
  • Again, The concretion of Ice will not endure a dry attrition without liquation; for if it be rubbed long with a cloth, it melteth.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) » by Thomas Browne
  • And many bodies will coagulate upon commixture, whose separated natures promise no concretion.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) » by Thomas Browne

Antonyms for concretion

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