caseous

American  

[key-see-uhs] / ˈkeɪ si əs /

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.

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caseous British  

/ ˈkeɪsɪəs /

adjective

1. of or like cheese

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Etymology

Origin of caseous

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

Example Sentences

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caseous

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."

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2021

"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," it said.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2021

A vegetable milk becomes nourishing when it is destitute of acrid and narcotic principles; and abounds less in caoutchouc than in caseous matter.*

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

Sometimes the centre is caseous, sometimes fibrinous or calcified.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Cheese is also a caseous preparation of milk; the duties of an archdeacon are to perform archidiaconal functions; and opium puts one to sleep because it possesses a soporific virtue.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant