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con⋅sul⋅ta⋅tion
[kon-suh
l-tey-shuhn] 
–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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Consultation
Con`sul*ta"tion\, n. [L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation.]1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. --Milton. 2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded.
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Language Translation for : consultation
Spanish:
consulta,
German:
die Beratung,
Japanese:
診察
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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