Не представляю, чтобы настолько изменили слово, которое и в русском встречается ( поскольку корни его латинские). Но другого ничего не приходит в голову....


http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/muller/NT000D240A
Probably they mean
consensus noun 1) согласие, единодушие 2) polit. консенсус, согласованное мнение

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Note added at 9 час (2006-10-05 14:35:48 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_(medical)

Medical consensus is a public statement on a particular aspect of medical knowledge available at the time it was written, and that is generally agreed upon as the evidence-based, state-of-the-art (or state-of-science) knowledge by a representative group of experts in that area. Its main objective is to counsel physicians on the best possible and acceptable way to diagnose and treat certain diseases or how to address a particular decision-making area. Therefore, it can be considered an authoritative, community-based consensus decision-making and publication process.