Definitions for caseation

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caseation ca·se·a·tion

Spelling: [key-see-ey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌkeɪ siˈeɪ ʃən/

Caseation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 603 anagrams from letters in caseation (aaceinost).

Definitions for caseation

noun

1. Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
2. Biochemistry. the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk.

Origin of caseation

First recorded in 1865-70; caseate + -ion

Examples for caseation

Operative interference will be necessary in addition to the above, where caseation and secondary infection have occurred.

When there is an absence of caseation and suppuration, the condition is called caries sicca.

Hence the speedy death, fatty degeneration, and caseation (not liquefaction) of the cells.

caseation forms cheesy masses, which may soften into tubercular pus, may calcify, and may become encapsulated by fibroid tissue.