Consolidation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Latin consolidationem, from consolidare.

Full definition of consolidation

Noun

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

Coordinate terms

• (The act of uniting by combination) defragmentation