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Vinony

consolidation

noun

  1. merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into much larger ones
  2. process by which soils decrease in volume
  3. blend, mix, mixing together
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ / /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō.

  1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
  2. The combination of several actions into one.
  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.

    “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 ].”