Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling cheese.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to cheese; resembling or having the qualities of cheese.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.
- adjective a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling
cheese
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In fact, I remember from my pathology course that "caseous" - meaning cheese-like - is a genuine medical term describing tissue filled with pus.
August 14th, 2005 amuchmoreexotic 2005
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Mtb, and is necessary for granuloma formation, it does cause immunopathology such as caseous necrosis
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Frequently the caseous clots are not to be seen, and the stool has a clammy look reminding one of glazier's putty, while the color varies from dirty white to pale grayish yellow.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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The caseous material of canker is also present, as is a disposition to hypertrophy of the exposed sensitive structures.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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Old milk left in the receptacle of the teat soon changes into a curdy state, and the caseous matter not being at once removed by the next milking, is apt to irritate the lining membrane of the teat during the operation, especially when the teat is forcibly rubbed down between the finger and thumb in stripping.
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After the caseous portion has coagulated (curdled) it is filtered as before, and in this case, too, the product is a fine, clear vinegar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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Introduce the sputum or other material (e.g. milk deposit and cream; pus; minced gland or other organ; caseous material; broken down foci, etc.) into a sterile tube and then add an equal volume of antiformin.
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Portions of this loose horn removed reveal beneath it a caseous foetid matter, easily removed by scraping (the perverted secretion of the keratogenous membrane).
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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Examine material from any caseous glands microscopically and inoculate freely on to Dorset's egg medium.
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But if he offer to sell me a ton of this lunar cheese, I call on him to prove the truth of the caseous nature of our satellite, before
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
oroboros commented on the word caseous
Sounds like the letters K S E S.
May 17, 2008
mollusque commented on the word caseous
More like K C S.
October 23, 2008