Concretion

A predominantly inorganic mass in a cavity or in the tissue of an organism.


A mass of hard material which forms in the body, e.g. a gallstone or deposits on bone in arthritis.


A stony mass formed within such an organ as the kidney, especially by the coating of an internal organ (or a foreign body such as a urinary catheter) with calcium salts.


 


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