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单词 caseiform
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caseiformadj.

Brit. /ˈkeɪsɪfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈkeɪsiˌfɔrm/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin cāseus , -form comb. form2.
Etymology: < classical Latin cāseus cheese (see caseous adj.) + -form comb. form2, after French caséiforme (1542 in Rabelais in Middle French; 1801 in the passage translated in quot. 1804). Compare post-classical Latin caseiformis (1652 or earlier). N.E.D. (1888) gives the pronunciation as (kēi·siˌifǭɹm) /ˈkeɪsiːɪfɔːm/.
Chiefly Medicine. Now rare.
Resembling cheese; spec. of the nature of or resembling the caseous matter characteristic of tuberculosis.
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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).
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