caseation noun. [keɪsɪ'eɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[medieval Latin caseatio(n-), from Latin caseus cheese: see -ATION.]
1. The coagulation of milk; conversion into cheese. Long rare or obsolete. LME.

2. Medicine. A form of necrosis characteristic of tuberculosis, in which diseased tissue forms a firm and dry mass like cheese in appearance. M19.

■ 'caseate verb intrans. [back-form.] undergo caseation (sense 2) L19.

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