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CONGIUS

Volume 2 · 59 words · 1771 Edition

a liquid measure of the ancient Romans, containing the eighth part of the amphora, or the fourth of the urna, or fix sextarii. The congius in English measure contains 2,970 676 solid inches; that is, seven pints, 4,1942 solid inches.

CONGLOBATE gland, in anatomy. See Vol. I. p. 263.

CONGLOMERATE gland, in anatomy. See Vol. I. p. 265, bottom.