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Consultation

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/nounCore term

In veterinary medicine, consultation means: A meeting, usually booked as an appointment, in which a vet examines an animal, discusses the problem with the owner and agrees a plan.

In Turkish: muayene, konsültasyon, görüşme

How it is used

Usually shortened to consult: a ten-minute consult, a second-opinion consult. Vets are in consults all morning, and the consultation fee pays for the vet's time. The room is the consulting room or consult room.

Example sentences

  1. The consultation fee includes a full physical examination.

  2. I've got back-to-back consultations until one o'clock.

Common collocations

  • book a consultation
  • consultation fee
  • consulting room
  • follow-up consultation
  • second-opinion consultation
  • clientThe owner or keeper who brings an animal to the vet, agrees to treatment and pays the bill. In veterinary work the animal is the patient and the person is the client.
  • historyThe information a vet collects from the owner about an animal's past and current health: when the problem started, diet, vaccinations, medicines and any changes the owner has noticed.
  • physical examinationA systematic check of an animal's body by looking, feeling and listening: temperature, heart and lungs, eyes, ears, mouth, skin, lymph nodes and abdomen.
  • estimateA written or spoken statement of the likely cost of treatment, given to the owner before the work is done.

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