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caseation

/key-see-ey-shuhn/US // ˌkeɪ siˈeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌkeɪsɪˈeɪʃən) //

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Definitions

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

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Examples

  • The granulation tissue may undergo caseation and liquefaction, or may become encapsulated by fibrous tissue—“encysted tubercle.”

  • 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.

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

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