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bioconcretion

bioconcretion noun: hardened biological materials.

Noun

bioconcretion (plural bioconcretions)

  1. Hardened biological materials.
    • These relatively inert materials simply collect within the biomass and can sometimes gradually become bioconcretions.2007, D. Roy Cullimore, Practical Manual of Groundwater Microbiology, Second Edition

Forms of bioconcretion

pluralbioconcretions

Origin of bioconcretion

From bio- + concretion.

Questions about bioconcretion

What does bioconcretion mean?
Bioconcretion means hardened biological materials.
What part of speech is bioconcretion?
Bioconcretion is a noun.
What is the plural of bioconcretion?
The plural of bioconcretion is bioconcretions.

Words near bioconcretion in the dictionary

  1. bioconcentrates
  2. bioconcentrating
  3. bioconcentration
  4. bioconcentrations
  5. bioconcrete
  6. bioconcretion
  7. bioconcretions
  8. biocondensate
  9. biocondensates
  10. Bioconductor
  11. bioconfinement

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