CONUS

[L., a cone.]

1. A cone.

2. (Zoöl.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4.

Conterminous United States, that is, the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia. The federal per diem rate for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for a given locality is a combined maximum rate equal to the sum of the maximum lodging amount and the meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) rate for such locality. See also High-Low Method; Oconus.

1. Cone.
2. Posterior staphyloma in myopic choroidopathy.

Pl. coni [L.]
1. a cone or cone-shaped structure.
2. posterior staphyloma of the myopic eye.

• c. arteriosus — the funnel-shaped portion of the right ventricle of the heart at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk.
• c. medullaris — the cone-shaped caudal end of the spinal cord; found at the level of the upper lumbar vertebrae in the human spine, but more caudally in domestic animals.

Continental United States.