单词 | caseiform |
释义 | caseiformadj. Chiefly Medicine. Now rare. Resembling cheese; spec. of the nature of or resembling the caseous matter characteristic of tuberculosis. ΚΠ 1804 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Gen. Syst. Chem. Knowl. X. 115 This caseiform [Fr. caséiforme] substance is white, shining, soft to the touch, resembling new-made soap. 1820 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 43 519 Haighton has seen it [sc. the auditory nerve] replaced, in the vestibulum, by a caseiform matter. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 107/2 [Tuberculous matter] of two materials, the one soft, friable, and caseiform. 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Orthopedic Surg. 1 87 During the course of spondylitis itself, paralysis is most frequently caused by exudation, abscesses, and caseiform products of decay. 1918 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 28 Dec. 1123/2 The small amount of feces passed [in pyloric syndrome of infants] being composed of greenish mucus containing some caseiform curds. 2001 Clin. Infectious Dis. 32 1030/2 The results of cultures of caseiform pus were positive for B[rucella] melitensis in only 2 of our cases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1804 |
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