Meaning caseous
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caseousCheeselike. In caseous lymphadenitis, the lymph nodes turn into a soft, dry, crumbly mass resembling cheese, usually due to tuberculosis or a related infection. From caseum, the Latin word for cheese.
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caseous"cheesy" or "cheese-like". As in caseous necrosis - cell death characteristic of certain inflammations (e.g. tuberculosis) where the affected tissue shows the crumbly consistency a [..]
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caseous"cheese-like," 1660s, from Latin caseus "cheese" (see cheese (n.1)) + -ous.
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caseous(adj) of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
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Resembling cheese.
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