caseous
pronunciation
How to pronounce caseous in British English:
UK ['keɪsɪəs]
How to pronounce caseous in American English:
US ['keɪsɪrs]
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- Adjective:
- of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
Word Origin
- caseous (adj.)
- "cheese-like," 1660s, from Latin caseus "cheese" (see cheese (n.1)) + -ous.
Example
- 1. How to discriminate caseous necrosis and other types of necrosis ?
- 2. On closer inspection , the granulomas have areas of caseous necrosis .
- 3. Methods a clinical analysis was conducted in 78 in patients with caseous lobar pneumonia in the recent eight years .
- 4. Granulomas due to infection are often " caseating " because they have prominent caseous necrosis .
- 5. Objective to study the diagnosis and the treatment of caseous lobar pneumonia .