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nounseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole
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nounthe act of accumulating
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nounan increase by natural growth or addition
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noun(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporationtype of:
Definition that contains accumulation
- ascites accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
- hemothorax accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
- uremia accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
- hematocolpos accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen)
- haemothorax accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
- hydrothorax accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys
- uraemia accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
- fecal impaction accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum or lower colon which the person cannot move
- haematocolpometra accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus
- haematocolpos accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen)