caseous

[ key-see-uh s ]

/ ˈkeɪ si əs /

of or like cheese.

Origin of caseous

1655–65; < Latin cāse(us) cheese¹ + -ous

Caseous particles containing immense numbers of the bacilli are common.

A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis |James Campbell Todd
Its most abundant principles are cream, caseous matter or curd, and whey.

The American Reformed Cattle Doctor |George Dadd
Examine material from any caseous glands microscopically and inoculate freely on to Dorset's egg medium.

The Elements of Bacteriological Technique |John William Henry Eyre
On examination at the operation, a firmly adherent prepuce and a large roll of caseous matter was found just back of the corona.

History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present |Peter Charles Remondino

This substance is butter, held suspended in the milk by means of the caseous matter and whey, with which it is intimately blended.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure

caseous

/ (ˈkeɪsɪəs) /

of or like cheese

C17: from Latin cāseus cheese 1

caseous

[ kā′sē-əs ]

Of, relating to, or having the gross and microscopic features of tissue affected by caseation.