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caseous
[ key-see-uhs ]
adjective
- cheeselike, especially in appearance, smell, or consistency:
The infant's caseous vomit was reported to the pediatrician.
- Pathology. having the cheeselike physical effects of caseation:
Patients in the new tuberculosis drug trial had hard-to-treat caseous lesions in their lungs.
caseous
/ ˈɪɪə /
adjective
- of or like cheese
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of caseous1
Example Sentences
In a statement, her lawyers added: "For clarity there are no white or cream caseous, enlarged abscesses typical for bTB in alpacas whether in the lungs, bronchial, mediastinal or retropharyngeal lymph nodes."
They are also composed of the same granular rounded cells, though they may, especially in the chronic forms, have undergone caseous, fibrous, or calcareous degeneration.
Its most abundant principles are cream, caseous matter or curd, and whey.
Now and then it contains large caseous tubercular masses in its substance.
In the advanced forms, caseous foci may be seen in the lung and in the liver and necrotic patches observed on the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract.
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