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

Word History and Origins

Origin of caseous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of caseous¹

C17: from Latin cāseus cheese ¹

Example Sentences

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

If it is more extensive, the whole of the glands may break down into this puriform liquid, which, when the patient recovers, undergoes caseous and finally calcareous degeneration.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg