Caseation [noun]
Definition of Caseation:
clotting
Synonyms of Caseation:
● Condensation
● Agglomeration
● Consolidation
● Concretion
● Concentration
● Embolism
● Congelation
● Inspissation
● Thickening
● Curdling
● Gelatination
● Incrassation
● Jellification
Opposite/Antonyms of Caseation:
● Thinning
● Opening
● Melting
● Dissolution
● Separation
● Dispersal
Sentence/Example of Caseation:
The granulation tissue may undergo caseation and liquefaction, or may become encapsulated by fibrous tissue—“encysted tubercle.”
When there is an absence of caseation and suppuration, the condition is called caries sicca.
Hence the speedy death, fatty degeneration, and caseation (not liquefaction) of the cells.
Operative interference will be necessary in addition to the above, where caseation and secondary infection have occurred.
Caseation forms cheesy masses, which may soften into tubercular pus, may calcify, and may become encapsulated by fibroid tissue.
A gummy tumor resulting from a peculiar caseation of a teritary syphilitic inflammatory deposit.