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and alternating states of mental consciousness, in 

 either one of which the events that have occurred in 

 the other state are not remembered by the patient. 



Consenescence (kon-sen-es'-ens) [consenescere , to grow 

 old]. The state or condition of growing old. 



Consensual (kon-sen' '-su-al) [consensus, agreement], 

 etlex and involving sensation, but not volition ; as a 

 nsensual act or movement. 



sent ykon-sent') [consentire, to agree]. In forensic 

 medicine, this term signifies willing participation in 

 unnatural or illegal intercourse. In pathology, a sym- 

 pathetic affection of a part distant from a diseased 

 part, 

 sentience (kon-sen' '-she-ens) [consentire, to agree], 

 ndeveloped or unintellectual consciousness ; the sum 

 result of the impressions made by sensations upon 

 the psychic center of the organism. 



Conserva, or Conserve (kon-ser'-vah, or con-serz/) 

 , to keep]. A confection, q. v. 

 servancy (kon-ser'-van-se) [conservare, to keep], 

 ublic conservation of health or of things that make 

 for health ; the sum of hygienic or preservative legis- 

 lation. C. System. See Sewage, Disposal of. 



Conservative (kon-ser* -vat-iv) [conservare, to keep]. 

 Aiming at the preservation and restoration of injured 

 parts ; as conservative surgery or dentistry. 



Conservator (kon ; -ser-va-lor) [conservare, to preserve]. 

 A person appointed to look after the business interests 

 and general welfare of an insane person or idiot. 



Consolidant, Consolidating {kon-sol' -id-ant, or kon- 

 sol'-id-a-ting) [consolidare , to make firm]. Tending 

 to heal or promoting the healing of wounds or frac- 

 tures ; favoring cicatrization. 



Consolidation (kon-sol-id-a'-shun) [consolidare, to 

 make firm]. The process of becoming firm or solid, 

 as a lung in pneumonia. 



Consonants (kon f -so-nants) [con, together ; sonare, to 

 souna]. Non-vowel sounds in speaking produced at 

 certain parts of the resonance-chamber. They are 

 sounded only with a vowel. They consist of Explo- 

 sives, Aspirates, Vibratives, and Resonants ; they are 

 also divided into four classes, according to the situation 

 in which they are produced — the Articulation Posi- 

 tions, — the first being between the lips ; the second 

 between the tongue and hard palate ; the third be- 

 tween the tongue and soft palate ; the fourth between 

 the vocal bands. Labials, made at the lips, may 

 be explosive (b,p), aspirate (/, v, tv), vibrative (the 

 " burr"), and resonant (m). These form the conso- 

 nants of the first articulation position. Those of the 

 second position are the explosives / and d; the aspi- 

 rates s, z, sch, th\ the vibrative r; the resonant n. 

 Those of the third position are the explosives k and 

 g; the aspirates are the unvoiced consonants, unvoiced 

 ch andy; the vibrative, palatal r; the resonant, pala- 

 tal n. That of the fourth position is the aspirate, the 

 glottis-formed h. 



Constant [kon r -slant) [constans, steady]. Fixed; not 

 * neing. C. Battery, Element, or Cell. One 



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yielding a constant current. A galvanic battery, of 

 which the most common types are those of Bunsen, 



^ Callaud, Daniell, Grenet,Grove, Leclanche, and Smee. 



Consternatio (kon-ster-na' -she-o) [L.]. See Night- 

 Terrors. 



Constipation (kon-stip-a' -shun) [constipare, to crush 

 tightly together]. Costiveness ; retention and hard- 

 ness of the feces from functional inactivity of the intes- 

 tinal canal, or from abnormalism of the biliary or 

 other secretions. It may also be due to mechanical 

 obstruction of the intestinal canal, paresis of the intes- 

 tinal walls, the use of certain foods, and general de- 

 pression of vital activity. 



Constituent (kon-stif '-u-ent) [constituere, to establish]. 

 A formative element or ingredient. The Constitu- 

 ents of the Organism are organic and inorganic. 

 The Inorganic C. are Water, forming 58.5 per 

 cent, of the body ; Gases, such as oxygen, marsh-gas, 

 etc. ; Salts, of which the chief are sodium chlorid, 

 calcium phosphate f forming more than one-half of the 

 bones), sodium phosphate, sodium carbonate, sodium 

 and potassium sulphates, potassium chlorid, calcium 

 fiuorid and carbonate ; Free Acids, as hydrochloric, 

 sulphuric, etc. ; Bases, such as silicon, manganese, 

 iron. The Organic C. comprise the large classes of 

 the proteids, albuminoids, fats, etc. 



Constitution (kcn-stit-u' '-shun) [constituere, to dis- 

 pose]. In chemistry, the atomic or molecular com- 

 position of a body. In pharmacy, the composition of 

 a substance. In physiology, the general temperament 

 and functional condition of the body. 



Constitutional (kon-stit-u'-shun-al ) [constituere, to 

 dispose]. Pertaining to the state of the constitution. 

 C. Diseases, in pathology, such diseases as are inhe- 

 rent, owing to an abnormal structure of the body. 

 Also, inherited diseases. Also, a condition in which 

 the disease pervades the whole system. General, in 

 contradistinction to local. 



Constrictor (kon-strik'-tor) [constringere , to bind to- 

 gether]. Any muscle that contracts or tightens any 

 part of the body. See Muscles, Table of. 



Constringent (kon-strin r -jent) [constringere, to con- 

 strict]. Same as Astringent, q. v.. 



Consultation ( kon-sitl-ta'-shun) [consultare, to take 

 counsel]. A deliberation between two or more phy- 

 sicians concerning the diagnosis of the disease of a 

 patient and the proper method of treatment. 



Consumption (ken-sump 1 '-shun) [consumere , to con- 

 sume or wear away]. Wasting, denutrition, or atrophy, 

 loosely used as a synonym of Tuberculosis, especially 

 pulmonary tuberculosis, Phthisis, q. v. C. of the 

 Bowels. See Diarrhea, Chronic Inflammatory. 



Consumptive [kon-sump 1 '-tiv) [consumere, to consume 

 or wear away]. I. Of the nature of tuberculosis. 

 2. One afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis. 



Contact (kon'-takt) [contactus, a touching]. A touch- 

 ing. C. Lenses, in optics, a glass shell the con- 

 cavity of which is in contact with the globe of the 

 eye, a layer of liquid being interposed between the 

 lens and the cornea. C. Series, a series of metals 

 arranged in such an order that each becomes positively 

 electrified by contact with the one that follows it. 

 The contact-values of some metals, according to Ary- 

 ton and Perry, are as follows : — 



DIFFERENCE OF POTENTIAL IN VOLTS. 



Zinc, Lead 210 Iron, Copper 146 



Lead, Tin .... 0.69 Copper, Platinum . .238 



Tin, Iron 3.13 Platinum, Carbon . .113 



C. Test, Heller's test. See Tests, Table of. 



Contactile, or Contactual (kon-tak'-til, or kon-tak'- 

 tu-al) [contactus, contact]. I. Tactile. 2. Due to 

 or spreading by actual contact. 



Contagion {kon-ta'-jun) [contagio ; contingere, to 

 touch]. The process by which a specific disease is 

 communicated between persons, either by direct con- 

 tact or by means of an intermediate agent. (See, also, 

 Infection.) Also the specific germ of virus from 

 which a communicable disease develops. C, Mental. 

 See Imitation. 



Contagionist (kon-ta' '-jun-isl) [contagio; contingere, to 

 touch]. One who believes in the contagious origin 

 or transmission of any given disease. 



Contagious (kon-ta' -jus) [contagutm, a touching]. 

 Communicable or transmissible by contagion, or 

 by a specific contagium. Infectious — applied to a 



