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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

/ ˈ°ì±ðɪ²õɪə²õ /

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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caseous1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin ³¦Äå²õ±ð(³Ü²õ) cheese 1 + -ous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caseous1

C17: from Latin ³¦Äå²õ±ð³Ü²õ cheese 1
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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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The fibrinous and cellular portion of such an exudation frequently becomes converted into a caseous mass, from a partial fatty degeneration and inspissation.

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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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