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Effusion vs Consolidation - What's the difference?

effusion | consolidation |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between effusion and consolidation

is that effusion is (medicine) the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself while consolidation is (medicine) a solidification into a firm dense mass it is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.

As nouns the difference between effusion and consolidation

is that effusion is a liquid outpouring while consolidation is the act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

effusion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a liquid outpouring.
  • (by extension) a speech or emotion outpouring.
  • * 1930; , (Morrie Ryskind), (Bert Kalmar), (Harry Ruby); (Animal Crackers) , (Paramount Pictures)
  • Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion ...
  • (medicine) the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself
  • consolidation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
  • The combination of several actions into one.
  • (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
  • Coordinate terms

    *(The act of uniting by combination) defragmentation