In education, combining smaller school districts into larger districts in order to provide better school facilities and increase educational opportunities.
A stage in mending a broken bone in which the callus formed at the break changes into bone.
A condition in which part of the lung becomes solid, e.g. in pneumonia.
The formal union of two or more corporations (such as hospitals) into a single corporation. In a consolidation, all of the corporations which unite cease to exist, and a new corporation is formed with its own new identity. A merger is similar to a consolidation, except that one of the original corporations retains its identity and continues to exist, while the other corporations are merged into it and lose their former identities. In either case, the surviving or consolidated corporation acquires the assets and assumes the liabilities of the former corporations.
The state of the lung in which the alveoli (air sacs) are filled with fluid produced by inflamed tissue, as in pneumonia. It is diagnosed from its dullness to percussion, bronchial breathing in the patient, and from the distribution of shadows on the chest X-ray.
A term applied to solidification of an organ, especially of a lung. The consolidation may be of a permanent nature due to formation of fibrous tissue, or may be temporary, as in acute pneumonia.
The process of becoming solid. The term is used especially for description of diseases of the lungs (e.g., acute pneumonia).
Pulmonary consolidation refers to a pathological state wherein the lung tissue loses its natural elasticity and air-filled properties, becoming dense and solid due to the accumulation of fluids and debris within its structure.
In lobar pneumonia, the lung lobe that has become inflamed and collapsed is described as being consolidated.