consultation

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  1. noun The act or process of consulting.
  2. noun A conference at which advice is given or views are exchanged.
  3. noun A meeting between physicians to discuss the diagnosis or treatment of a case.

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  • Forthwith the rest of the list, with some cursory notes and explanations made in consultation with the OED; with Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Dictionary of the Underworld, —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3
  • Their reason for choosing so unusual an hour for a consultation was obviously to insure that there should be no other patient in the waiting-room. —  The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
  • That will be fifty kohli for the consultation, then. —  Song of Time
  • So the consultation is an ongoing process and part of the way we do business in the international community. —  Remarks By The President And Sg Annan In Photo Op
  • Our enemies now seemed to have arrived at some determination, for their consultation was at an end -- an old Indian who, from his dignified bearing and authoritative manner appeared to be their chief, made a sign with his hand, and spoke a few words in a loud tone. —  Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography
 

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  1. = French consultation = Spanish consultacion = Portuguese consultação = Italian consultazione, from Latin consultatio(n-), a consultation, from consultare, past participle consultatus, consult: see consult, v.
 

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/kɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/
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