concretion
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
renal calculi can be very painful
Types & categories
- rock hypernym
- bladder stone hyponym
- enterolith hyponym
- gallstone hyponym
- kidney stone hyponym
- ptyalith hyponym
- sialolith hyponym
- urolith hyponym
Related & opposite
- calculous derivation
Sense 3 noun
an increase in the density of something
Types & categories
- concentration hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
Types & categories
- uniting hypernym
Related & opposite
- concrete derivation
- mix derivation
- coalesce derivation
- conglutinate derivation
- coalescent derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | calculous |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bladder stone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enterolith |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gallstone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kidney stone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ptyalith |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sialolith |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | urolith |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | concrete |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compact |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | concentration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | concrete |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coalesce |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | conglutinate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coalescent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | uniting |