noun
- the process of forming a cheese-like or caseous substance, especially the conversion of tissue into a dry, crumbly mass resembling cheese
Usage: medical; pathology
Examples
- Tuberculosis can cause caseation in the lungs, forming granulomas with a cheese-like center.
- The pathologist identified caseation in the biopsy sample under the microscope.
- Caseation is a hallmark feature of certain chronic infections.
- The inflammatory response led to caseation of the infected tissue.
- Histological examination revealed extensive caseation within the lesion.