n.
Pronunciation: kän- ' kr ē -sh ə n, k ə n-
Function: noun
Date: 1541
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 \ -sh ə - ˌ ner- ē \ adjective