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səlˈteɪ 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or procedure of consulting |
| 2. | a conference for discussion or the seeking of advice, esp from doctors or lawyers |
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Word Origin & History
consultation
early 15c., from M.Fr. consultation, from L. consultationem, from consultare "consult," frequentative of consulere "to deliberate, consider," originally 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."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Example sentences
The case may perhaps remain as an example of the advantage of consultation over confrontation.
IT was at eleven o'clock the next morning that the aunts and uncles came to hold their consultation.
There was no consultation, nor even notification of the move.
Evaluated and provided consultation services for mentoring component of a state funded grant.
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