What's the difference between concrement and concretion?

Concrement


Definition:

  • (n.) A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The presence of urinary-bladder-stones was verified cystoscopically and the clinical symptomatology ceased promptly after removal of the concrements.
  • (2) It was established that density of one-generation concrements resembling pearl granules was far greater as compared to that of the other varieties of cholesterol concrements.
  • (3) The results of clinical, ultrasonic, post mortem examinations and concrement analysis of a case with nephrolithiasis in a horse are described.
  • (4) But during further observation mild pancreatitis developed in two, while in one choledochal concrements caused obstructive jaundice which necessitated endoscopic papillotomy.
  • (5) In technically difficult cases the starting point of an acoustic shadow route was the only sign permitting concrement localization in the duct.
  • (6) The authors provide the results of repeated echography of the gall bladder after the use of choleretics in cases presenting difficulties for echographic diagnosis of concrements inside the organ.
  • (7) The authors also consider a problem of how to interpret the symptom of a "snake mouth" or a "concave lens" which (depending on its cause) can be either transient (in a large concrement) or stable (in an exophytic tumor, completely occluding the duct).
  • (8) Endoscopic papillotomy (EPT) has proven to be an acceptable alternative to surgical reintervention at the biliary tree especially in aged and cholecystectomized patients where obstructive jaundice is caused by a concrement.
  • (9) Daily administration of 500 mg ursodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid (divided into two doses, morning and evening, corresponding to 8.5 mg per kg body-weight and substance), all concrements in the gall-bladder were dissolved over a period of 14 months in a 60-year-old man for whom surgical treatment was contra-indicated because of severe coronary heart disease.
  • (10) Impacted concrement in the gall throat or even ductus cystic, 3.
  • (11) in congenital malformation, concrements hindering the passage, strictures and tumors of the urinary tract itself as well as in growing and displacing processes of the adjoining organs have often been observed and described.
  • (12) The value of ERCP lies in the demonstration of poorly calcified and small concrements, strictures, tumours with ductal infiltration, and for investigating the post-cholecystectomy syndrome.
  • (13) In open operations of coralliform or multiple small nephrolithiasis frequently the problem of peroperative localization of residual concrements arises.
  • (14) The increased permeability of ductal epithelium, increased synthesis of protein substances, formation of concrements and specific antibody are conducive to exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis.
  • (15) In three patients out of six concrements were dissolved by heparin infusions.
  • (16) It is concluded that with certain types of gallstones contact dissolution can be an effective alternative therapeutic technique which, however, requires meticulous morphological controlling in view of the time-consuming treatment of calcified concrements.
  • (17) By 20 weeks many stones were approximately 2 mm in diameter and were accompanied by large numbers of various sized concrements.
  • (18) Polyglactin samples showed stable durability up to 22 weeks under the same conditions; firmly adherent small concrements could be demonstrated.
  • (19) On the screen we can see not only the size of concrements but also their distance from the surface, and their position can be accurately assessed three-dimensionally.
  • (20) The compact EMAS-C provides shock wave foci varying over a broad energy range, dedicated to efficient concrement disintegration and to new fields of application in medical therapy.

Concretion


Definition:

  • (n.) The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.
  • (n.) A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus.
  • (n.) A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In Japan, particularly, there is a feeling that they were built less out of need than as another outlet for the aggressively proactive concrete industry.
  • (2) This study investigates the photoneutron field found in medical accelerator rooms with primary barriers constructed of metal slabs plus concrete.
  • (3) While winds gusting to 170mph caused significant damage, the devastation in areas such as Tacloban – where scenes are reminiscent of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami – was principally the work of the 6-metre-high storm surge, which carried away even the concrete buildings in which many people sought shelter.
  • (4) The question of ethics inevitably arises, and should be considered before a concrete situation arises which leaves no time for reflection.
  • (5) The streets of Jiegu are now littered with concrete remnants of modern structures and the flattened mud and painted wood of traditional Tibetan buildings.
  • (6) As a result of a psychopathological total systems analysis of the debut of exogenously aggravated and nonaggravated paranoid schizophrenia the authors have revealed a significant interrelationship allowing the characterization of both general regularities of the "background" effect and individual characteristics secondary to a concrete nature of exogenous impact.
  • (7) Fifty-seven percent had concrete evidence of serious psychiatric disorder.
  • (8) Fifa and I will take the Qatari authorities at their word and I look forward to the concrete actions which will be the real testament of will,” Infantino said.
  • (9) Three attributes of words are their imageability, concreteness, and familiarity.
  • (10) The paper finishes with concrete propositions of proceeding when the computer system is implemented and shows possibilities of scientific data evaluation of a microbiological data base.
  • (11) Now, with cuts biting every community and public service in the UK, the possibility for a full-blown confrontation between the government and an anti-austerity movement has become concrete.
  • (12) Those who remained in east Aleppo pointed out where families had been buried under mountains of concrete.
  • (13) What we need is international action now, and that’s precisely what we are doing today with real concrete action in the war against tax evasion.” He said the transparency rules on beneficial ownership showed that Britain and other governments were working to shine a spotlight on “those hiding spaces, those dark corners of the global financial system”.
  • (14) the present report deals with a mason without previous dermatitis, presenting bullae, ulcers and necrosis in lower limbs, short time after incidental contact at work, with premixed concrete.
  • (15) Raymond Hood – Terminal City (1929) 'Poem of towers' … Raymond Hood's 1929 drawings for the proposed Terminal City, in Chicago This never-built design for a massive new skyscraper quarter in Chicago is a vision of the modern city as a shadowed poem of towers; of glass and concrete dwarfing the people.
  • (16) described in Lösungen - an analysis of concrete treatment examples could yield suitable therapeutic techniques to broaden the interventional spectrum of psychotherapy, especially of behavioral oriented forms.
  • (17) In a bid to strengthen its claims, China has constructed concrete installations on some underwater formations, complete with basketballs and helipads.
  • (18) Its sword-shaped columns tower up almost 100 feet, and grey concrete walls careen around its nearly half-mile circumference.
  • (19) What remains to be developed is a "differential health psychology of the concrete individual", which might the way for prophylactic health promotion oriented towards the norm of individuality.
  • (20) The presence of similar concretion in the nervous system as well as the lung in other reported cases suggests that microlithiasis could be a systemic disease.

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