Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to consolidate; specifically; in medicine, tending to heal wounds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.

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  • adjective Tending or having power to consolidate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective tending to consolidate
  • adjective combining into a single unit

Etymologies

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Compare French consolidatif.

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Examples

  • S&P500 is best described as consolidative rather than directional.

    FXstreet.com 2010

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

  • For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment.

    Balkinization 2007

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