Concretion

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

II. Concretion ·noun A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.

III. Concretion ·noun A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, ·etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus.