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ca⋅se⋅ous

   [key-see-uhs]
–adjective
of or like cheese.
Origin:
1655–65; < L cāse(us) cheese + -ous
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ca·se·ous     (kā'sē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Resembling cheese.

[From Latin cāseus, cheese.]
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caseous

adjective
of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike 

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caseous ca·se·ous (kā'sē-əs)
adj.
Of, relating to, or having the gross and microscopic features of tissue affected by caseation.

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Caseous

Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.

Caseous degeneration, 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.

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