consolidation

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

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