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Caseous: Cheeselike. 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.
–adjective of or like cheese. Use caseous in a Sentence See images of caseous Search caseous on the Web Origin: 1655–65; < Latin cÄse ( us ) cheese + -ous
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ca·se·ous (k s-s) adj. Resembling cheese. [From Latin c seus, cheese.] caseous [ˈkeɪsɪəs] adj. of or like cheese [from Latin cÄseus cheese 1] Thesaurus Legend ...
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Definition of CASEOUS: marked by caseation; also: cheesy 1 . Origin of CASEOUS. Latin caseus cheese. First Known Use: 1661. Browse. Next Word in the Dictionary: case ...