concretionary

Variant of concretion

noun

  1. a solidifying or being solidified
  2. an act or instance of concretizing
  3. a solidified mass; specif.,
    1. Geol. an inclusion in sedimentary rock, usually rounded and harder than the surrounding rock, resulting from the formation of succeeding layers of mineral matter about some nucleus, as a grain of sand
    2. Med. a solidified mass, usually inorganic, deposited in the body; calculus

Origin: L concretio: see concrete

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