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Caseous

Caseous \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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
caseous

"cheese-like," 1660s, from Latin caseus "cheese" (see cheese (n.1)) + -ous.

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caseous

a. Resembling cheese.

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caseous

adj. of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike

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He wanted to face the oil painting at the end of the auditorium, showing Baron von Conradi, founder of the school, caseous and immortal beneath heavy varnish.