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caseous
[ key-see-uhs ]
adjective
- cheeselike, especially in appearance, smell, or consistency:
The infant's caseous vomit was reported to the pediatrician.
- 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
- of or like cheese
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Origin of caseous1
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Example Sentences
Caseous particles containing immense numbers of the bacilli are common.
The tubercles and portions of the caseous glands should be crushed between two slides, dried, and stained for tubercle bacilli.
Examine material from any caseous glands microscopically and inoculate freely on to Dorset's egg medium.
The caseous material of canker is also present, as is a disposition to hypertrophy of the exposed sensitive structures.
These pustules may either break through the skin or shrink into a caseous mass.
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