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Meaning of CASEOUS

Pronunciation:  'keyseeus

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 Definition: [adj]  of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
 
 Synonyms: unhealthy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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