caseous

American  

[kay-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

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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

On comparing the milky juices of the papaw, the cow-tree, and the hevea, there appears a striking analogy between the juices which abound in caseous matter, and those in which caoutchouc prevails.

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

Curd, called also casein and caseous matter, or the basis of cheese, exists in the milk, and not in the cream, and requires only to be separated by coagulation.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

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

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

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