consolidations

Noun

consolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations)

1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
   • 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.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...

   Synonyms:

   solidification, combination

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.2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics, volume 15, →DOI

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