caseation

American  

[key-see-ey-shuhn] / ˌkeɪ siˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.

2. Biochemistry. the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk.

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caseation British  

/ ˌkeɪsɪˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk

2. pathol the degeneration of dead tissue into a soft cheeselike mass

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Etymology

Origin of caseation

First recorded in 1865–70; caseate + -ion

Example Sentences

When these tubercles are sufficiently numerous to become confluent, large masses may be formed, which undergo the same retrogressive changes of caseation and calcification.

From Project Gutenberg

At first the swelling is covered by epithelium; in time caseation takes place, the epithelium gives way, and an open sore is formed.

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The disease commences as a tuberculous infiltration of the marrow, which results in softening of the bodies of the affected vertebræ, particularly in their anterior parts, and, as the disease progresses, caseation and suppuration ensue, and the destructive process spreads to the adjacent intervertebral discs.

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Tuberculous nodules are found disseminated throughout the muscle; the surrounding tissues are indurated, and central caseation may take place and lead to abscess formation and sinuses.

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A less common form of tuberculous disease is that in which the sheath becomes the seat of a diffuse tuberculous thickening, not unlike the white swelling met with in joints, and with a similar tendency to caseation.

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