consolidation
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
Other meanings
The combination of several actions into one.
A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
Related words
- anticonsolidation
- consol
- con
- deconsolidation
- microconsolidation
- nonconsolidation
- order consolidation
- overconsolidation
- preconsolidation
- postconsolidation
- macroconsolidation
- underconsolidation
Word history
From Latin "consolidatio" (cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “consolidation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.