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caseous /ca·se·ous/ (ka´se-us) resembling cheese or curd; cheesy.
ca·se·ous (ks-s)
adj.
Of, relating to, or having the gross and microscopic features of tissue affected by caseation.
caseous
[kā′sē·əs]
1 cottage cheese-like. Describing the mixture of fat and protein that appears in some body tissues undergoing necrosis. See also vernix caseosa.
2 pertaining to cheesy covering on fetuses that protects them from prolonged presence in ammotic fluid.
caseous [ka´se-us]
resembling cheese or curd; cheesy.
caseous
resembling cheese or curd; cheesy.
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