consultation

/kon'seuhl tay"sheuhn/, n.

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. Eng. Law. a writ returning a case to an ecclesiastical court from a temporal one.

5. Australian. lottery.

[1540-50; < L consultation- (s. of consultatio), equiv. to consultat(us) (ptp. of consultare; see CONSULT, -ATE¹) + -ion- -ION]

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