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cum, together with ; jugare, to 

 yoke.] The temporary union or 

 complete fusion of two gametes 

 or unicellular protists, which 

 involves the fusion of their nuclei 

 or at least a nuclear exchange 

 (biol.). 



conjunctiva (konjungktl'va) n. [L. 

 cum, together ; jungere, to join.] 

 The mucous membrane of the eye, 

 lining the eyelids and reflected 

 over the fore part of the sclera and 

 cornea (anat.). 



connate (kon'nat, konat') a. [L. cum, 

 together ; natus, born.] Firmly 

 joined together from birth (Hoi.). 



connate-perfoliate, joined together 

 at the base so as to surround the 

 stem (tot.). 



connective (kongk'tiv) n. [L. cum, 

 together ; nectere, to bind.] A 

 connecting band of nerve tissue 

 between two ganglia (zool.) ; the 

 tissue separating the two lobes of 

 an anther (dot.). 



connective tissue, a mesoblastic 

 tissue with a large amount of 

 intercellular substance in which 

 fibres are developed (anat.). 



connivent (konl'vgnt) a. [F. conniver, 

 to wink.] Converging (Hoi.). 



conoid (ko'noid) a. [Gk. konos, a 

 cone ; eidos, form.] Cone-like, 

 but not quite conical (dial.). 



conoid ligament, one of the fasciculi 

 of the coraco-clavicular ligament 

 (anat.). 



conoid tubercle, a small rough 

 eminence on the posterior border 

 of the clavicle, serving for the 

 attachment of the conoid ligament 

 (anat.). 



consensual (konsSn'sual) a. [L. 

 consentire, to feel together.] Appl. 

 involuntary action correlated with 

 voluntary action (phys.). 



constant (kon'stant) a. [L. constans, 

 unchanged.] Changeless ; invari- 

 able ; appl. characters, structures 

 (sool.). 



constricted (konstrik'tgd) a. [L. 

 constrictus, drawn together.] Com- 

 pressed at regular intervals (tot.). 



constrictor (konstrik'tfir) n. [L. con- 

 strictus, drawn together.] A muscle 

 which compresses or constricts, e.g., 

 constrictor urethrae (anat.). 



contabescence (kfin'tabe's'e'ns) n. [L. 

 contabescere, to waste away.] Stamen 

 abortion (hot.). 



context (kon'te'kst) n. [L. cum, 

 together ; texere, to weave.] The 

 layers developed between the 

 hymenium and the true mycelium 

 in certain Fungi (tot.). 



continuity (kSn'tfnu'iti) n. [L. con- 

 tinuus, continuous.] Succession 

 without a break, as continuity of 

 the germ plasm (zool.). 



continuous (kontln'uiis) a. [L. con- 

 tinuus, uninterrupted.] Not seg- 

 mented or articulated (Hoi.). 



contorted (kontor'tgd) a. [L. con- 

 torquere, to twist together.] Twisted ; 

 appl. aestivation in which one leaf 

 overlaps the next with one margin, 

 and is overlapped by the previous 

 on the other (tot.). 



coiitortuplicate (kon'tortu'pllkat) a. 

 [L. cum, with ; torquere, to twist ; 

 plicare, to fold.] A bud with con- 

 torted and plicate leaves (tot.). 



contour (kon'toor) n. [F. contoumer, 

 to twist.] Outline of a figure or 

 body ; appl. the outermost feathers 

 that cover the body of a bird, the 

 contour feathers (zool.). 



contractile (kontrak'til) a. [L. cum, 

 together ; trahere, to draw.] Cap- 

 able of contracting (Hoi.). 



contractile cell, any cell in a spor- 

 angium or an anther wall which by 

 hygroscopic contraction helps to 

 open them (bot.). 



contractile fibre -cells, elongated, 

 spindle-shaped, more or less poly- 

 hedral, nucleated muscle-cells, con- 

 taining a central bundle of fibrillae 

 (anat.). 



contractile vacuole, a small spherical 

 vesicle, found in the cytoplasm of 

 many Protista, which appears and 

 disappears with regularity (Hoi.). 



contractility (kon'traktil'iti) n. [L. 

 cum, together ; trahere, to draw.] 

 The power by which muscle-fibres 

 are enabled to contract (phys.). 



contracture (kontrak'tur) n. [L. con- 

 tractus, drawn together.] Contrac- 

 tion of muscles persisting after the 

 stimulus has been removed, seen 

 especially in strong direct stimula- 

 tion, and as death approaches 

 (phys.). 



