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caseous

[key-see-uhs]

adjective

  1. cheeselike, especially in appearance, smell, or consistency.

    The infant's caseous vomit was reported to the pediatrician.

  2. 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

/ ˈkeɪsɪəs /

adjective

  1. of or like cheese

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of caseous1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin cāse(us) cheese 1 + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of caseous1

C17: from Latin cāseus cheese 1
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Example Sentences

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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."

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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.

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Its most abundant principles are cream, caseous matter or curd, and whey.

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Now and then it contains large caseous tubercular masses in its substance.

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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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