CASEOUS

caseous

(adjective) of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

caseous (comparative more caseous, superlative most caseous)

Resembling cheese.

Source: Wiktionary


Ca"se*ous, a. Etym: [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.]

Definition: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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