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caseated

caseated is the simple past and past participle of caseate.

Meaning of caseate

Verb

caseate (third-person singular simple present caseates, present participle caseating, simple past and past participle caseated)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo caseation, a necrotic degeneration into a cheese-like state.
    • But very commonly the cell-growth degenerates, breaks down into pus, or caseates and perhaps subsequently softens.1887, Robert Druitt, Druitt's Surgeon's Vade Mecum: A Manual of Modern Surgery

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Questions about caseated

What is caseated the simple past and past participle of?
Caseated is the simple past and past participle of caseate.

Words near caseated in the dictionary

  1. caseasaurian
  2. caseasaurians
  3. caseasaurs
  4. casease
  5. caseate
  6. caseated
  7. caseates
  8. caseating
  9. caseation
  10. caseations
  11. caseback

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