consistence

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Thicken with sugar until the mixture attains the consistence of a light batter.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

The spleen is almost invariably found to be increased in volume and to have undergone changes in consistence and color.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Knead this composition on a board, till it has the consistence of putty.

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Excipient, ek-sip′i-ent, n. a substance mixed with a medicine to give it consistence, or used as a vehicle for its administration.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Add boiling water sufficient to make it of the consistence of thin gruel.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George