caseous

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Caseous \Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. [1913 Webster]

Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized. [1913 Webster]

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