Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Caseous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caseous
adj : of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
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