SYN: confection.
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con·serve 'kän-.sərv n an obsolete medicinal preparation made by mixing undried vegetable drugs with sufficient powdered sugar to form a soft mass compare CONFECTION
con·serve kən-'sərv vt, con·served; con·serv·ing to maintain (a quantity) constant during a process of chemical, physical, or evolutionary change <a DNA sequence that has been conserved>
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con·serve (konґsərv) [L. conserva] electuary.Medical dictionary. 2011.