1. to undergo or cause to undergo caseation; to convert into a cheese-like substance, especially in pathology when tissue becomes necrotic and crumbly
Usage: medical/pathology term; third-person singular present tense of 'caseate'

Examples

• In tuberculosis, infected lung tissue caseates and forms a characteristic cheese-like center.
• The pathologist observed that the granuloma caseates as the infection progresses.
• When mycobacteria invade tissue, the immune response causes the area to caseate.
• The lesion caseates over time, creating the distinctive appearance seen in histological samples.