con·sol·i·da·tion
n : the process by which an infected lung passes from an aerated collapsible condition to one of airless solid consistency through the accumulation of exudate in the alveoli and adjoining ducts <pneumonic > : also : tissue that has undergone consolidation <areas of > .
Similar sounding terms: con·sul·ta·tion
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