GLOSSARY. 



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I bear). Belonging to or attended 

 by congestion. 



Con'globate (Lat. con, together ; glo- 

 biis, a ball). Gathered into a 

 round mass or ball. 



Conglomerate (Lat. con, together; 

 glomus, a ball). Gathered into a 

 ball or mass. Applied to works 

 composed of rounded fragments. 



Con'ic (Gr. KUVOS, konos, a cone). 

 Having the form of or belonging to 

 a cone. 



Con'ic Sections. The figures formed 

 by the division of a cone by a plane : 

 they are five in number the tri- 

 angle, circle, ellipse or oval, para- 

 bola, and hyperbola. 



Coniferous (Lat. conus, a cone ; fero, 

 I bear). Bearing cones : an order 

 of plants, of which the fir, pine, 

 and juniper are examples ; so called 

 because their fruit is in the form 

 of a cone. 



Coniros'tres (Lat. conus, a cone ; 

 rostrum, a beak). A tribe of in- 

 sessorial or perching birds having 

 strong conical beaks, of which the 

 finches, crows, and hornbills are 

 examples. 



Conjugate Foci. In optics, when part 

 of the rays falling on a lens are 

 refracted so as to meet in another 

 focus than the principal focus, then 

 the two foci are called conjugate foci. 



Conjunc'tion (Lat. con, together; 

 jungo, 1 join). A joining; in as- 

 tronomy, the meeting of two or 

 more stars or planets in the same 

 degree of the zodiac ; a planet is 

 in conjunction with the sun, when 

 it appears in the same straight line 

 from the earth. 



Conjuncti'va (Lat. con, together; 

 jungo, I join). The fine membrane 

 covering the front of the eye, which 

 is a continuation of the mucous 

 membrane lining the eyelids. 



Con'nate (Lat. con, together ; nascor, 

 I am born). Growing together. 



Connec'tive (Lat. con, together ; necto, 

 I knit). Connecting or joining to- 

 gether ; in botany, the mass of 

 cellular tissue and spiral vessels 

 generally connecting the lobes of the 

 anther. 



Co'noid (Gr. KWOS, konos, a cone ; 

 flSos, eidos, shape). Like a cone ; 

 in geometry, the solid figure formed 

 by the revolution of a conic section 

 round its axis. 



Conserva'trix (Lat. conser'vo, I pre- 

 serve). Preserving : applied, in 

 the expression vis conservatrix 

 naturce, to the power which the 

 body has of resisting hurtful in- 

 fluences. 



Consolidate (Lat. con, together ; sol'i- 

 dus, solid or firm). To make or 

 become firm and hard. 



Con'sonance (Lat. con, together; 

 sonus, a sound). A sounding to- 

 gether; in music, an accord of 

 sounds which produces an agreeable 

 sensation in the ear. 



Constellation (Lat. con, together ; 

 Stella, a star). A cluster or assem- 

 blage of stars. 



Constituent (Lat. con, together; 

 statfuo, I place). Forming an es- 

 sential or necessary part of anything. 



Constitutional Diseases. Diseases 

 which become developed under the 

 influence of agents acting within the 

 body. 



Constric'tor (Lat. cow, together ; 

 stringo, I bind). A binder or 

 drawer together : applied in ana- 

 tomy to muscles which close any 

 orifice. 



Consump'tion (Lat. consu'mo, I con- 

 sume). A consuming or destruction ; 

 in medicine, a gradual decay of the 

 body, especially attended with a 

 disease of the lungs. 



Contact Theory. In electrical science, 

 the hypothesis of Volta, by which 

 any two different conductors of elec- 

 tricity placed in contact with each 

 other produce a decomposition and 

 mutual transference of their elec- 

 tric fluids. 



Conta'gion (Lat. con, together; tango, 

 I touch). A touching ; in medicine, 

 the communication of disease by 

 touching the sick or his clothes, 

 &c. 



Conta'gious(Lat. con, together; tango, 

 I touch). Capable of being com- 

 municated by touch, or containing 

 communicable matter. 



