caseous
caseous adjective: resembling cheese.
Adjective
caseous (comparative more caseous, superlative most caseous)
- Resembling cheese.
- The cheeſe, or caſeous part of milk, is formed into a maſs, and ſeparated from the other parts of the liquid, by the action of fire, by the acid fermentation of vvhich milk is liable, and by the intermixture of acids. This matter, vvhen vvell vvaſhed, is vvhite and ſolid, like the albumen of the...1790, [Antoine-François de] Fourcroy, “Of the Milk”, in [William Nicholson], transl., Elements of Natural History and Chemistry. […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Elliot and T[homas] Kay, […]...
- But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the...1868, Felix von Niemeyer, J. L Parke, Clinical Lectures on Pulmonary Phthisis, Moorhead, Simpson & Bond, page 3
caseous meaning in Tamil
caseous in Tamil
- பால்கட்டி, உறைபாற்கட்டியைச் சார்ந்த, உறைபாற்கட்டி போன்ற
Forms of caseous
| comparative | more caseous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most caseous |
Origin of caseous
From Latin cāseus + -ous.
Words formed from caseous
- caseous degeneration
- caseous necrosis
- fibrocaseous
- noncaseous
Phrases with caseous
Questions about caseous
- What does caseous mean?
- Caseous means resembling cheese.
- What is caseous in Tamil?
- Caseous in Tamil is பால்கட்டி, உறைபாற்கட்டியைச் சார்ந்த, உறைபாற்கட்டி போன்ற. See Caseous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is caseous?
- Caseous is an adjective.
Words near caseous in the dictionary
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