caseous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
caseous
    adj 1: of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caseous \Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. {Casein}.]
   Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the
   qualities of cheese; cheesy.
   [1913 Webster]

   {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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