Caseous: Cheeselike. In caseous lymphadenitis, the lymph nodes turn into a soft, dry, crumbly mass resembling cheese, usually due to tuberculosis or a related infection. From caseum, the Latin word for cheese.

What is the meaning of caseous necrosis?

A type of tissue death in which all cellular outline is lost and tissue appears crumbly and cheeselike, usually seen in tuberculosis. caseous degeneration.

What is meant by Caseation?

: necrosis with conversion of damaged tissue into a soft cheesy substance.