CONSISTENTIA
\kɒnsɪstˈɛnʃə], \kɒnsɪstˈɛnʃə], \k_ɒ_n_s_ɪ_s_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə]\
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Consistere, (con and sistere) to stand still. A term employed in two sense. 1. When joined to the word Morbi or Aetatis, it expresses the acme of a disease, or the age at which the constitution has acquired its full strength. 2. By Consistentia humoris is meant the density of a humour.
By Robley Dunglison
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