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caseating

caseating is the present participle and gerund 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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Words formed from caseating

Questions about caseating

What is caseating the present participle and gerund of?
Caseating is the present participle and gerund of caseate.

Words near caseating in the dictionary

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

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