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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