Medical Dictionary
conus
noun co·nus \ˈkō-nəs\
Medical Definition of CONUS
1
capitalized : a very large genus (the type of the family Conidae) of tropical marine snails comprising the cones and including many harmless forms and a few chiefly in the southwest Pacific that are highly dangerous because they are capable of biting with the radula and injecting a paralytic venom that has been known to cause death in humans
2
plural co·ni \-ˌnī, -(ˌ)nē\ : conus arteriosus
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