'Caseous' definitions:
Definition of 'caseous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
Definition of 'Caseous'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]