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Concrete(medicine)
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concrete(2)(dictionary)
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concrete 3, verb(dictionary)
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concrete 1, adjective (oh) and sittella (iou)


concrete 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: concretus, past participle of concrescere 'to grow together', from com- ( COM-) + crescere 'to grow']
made of concrete
::a concrete floor
definite and specific
-see also abstract abstract
::What does that mean in concrete terms ?
::the lack of any concrete evidence
::a dialogue about concrete issues and problems
-- concretely adv

sittella (iou)



sittella noun. Austral. Also sitella. M19.
[mod. Latin Sittella former genus name, dim. of sitta, Greek sitte nuthatch.]
Each of three small Australasian birds of the genera Neositta and Daphoenositta resembling nuthatches, esp. (more fully varied sittella) N. chrysoptera of Australia.