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con⋅sul⋅ta⋅tion

  [kon-suhl-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of consulting; conference.
2. a meeting for deliberation, discussion, or decision.
3. a meeting of physicians to evaluate a patient's case and treatment.
4. English Law. a writ returning a case to an ecclesiastical court from a temporal one.
5. Australian. lottery.
Origin:
1540–50; < L consultātiōn- (s. of consultātiō), equiv. to consultāt(us) (ptp. of consultāre; see consult, -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
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con·sul·ta·tion   (kŏn'səl-tā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of consulting.

    1. A conference at which advice is given or views are exchanged.

    2. A meeting between physicians to discuss the diagnosis or treatment of a case.

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Word Origin & History

consultation 
1425, from M.Fr. consultation, from L. consultationem, from consultare "consult," frequentative of consulere "to deliberate, consider," orig. probably "to call together," as in consulere senatum "to gather the senate" (to ask for advice), from com- "with" + *selere "take, gather (the Senate) together," from PIE base *sal- "to take, seize." Consult (v.) is from 1548.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: con·sul·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "kän(t)-s&l-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
: a deliberation between physicians on acase or its treatment
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consultation con·sul·ta·tion (kŏn'səl-tā'shən)
n.
A meeting of two or more health professionals to discuss the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a particular case.

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