CONUS
\kənjˈuːz], \kənjˈuːz], \k_ə_n_j_ˈuː_z]\
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By William R. Warner
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Any cone-shaped structure, as the conus arteriosus, a structure between the ventricle and aorta in fishes and amphibians; the diverticulum of the right ventricle from which the pulmonary artery arises; conus medullaris, the tapering end of the spinal cord.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A cone or a coneshaped body.
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A posterior staphyloma, so-called, crescentic in shape and seen on one or the other side of the optic disk, usually the temporal. It is a thinning or atrophy of the choroid stroma, including the pigment, which allows the white sclera to become visible.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
