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consolidation

kәn.sɒli'deiʃәn5 senses · 98 ms
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noun/kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n//kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/
  1. 1

    The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.countableuncountable

    • At this time also, what remained of independent Soviet culture and the intelligentsia was systematically destroyed: the regime was entering the phase of final consolidation.
  2. 2

    The combination of several actions into one.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    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.countableuncountable

    • The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.
    • These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].

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