A cheese-like or curd-like substance, especially used in medical or scientific contexts to describe pathological material.
From Latin 'caseum' (cheese), referring to the resemblance of certain diseased tissue to cheese curd in appearance and consistency.
Doctors use 'caseum' to describe tuberculous lesions that look cheesy under the microscope—it's medical terminology that comes straight from how something looks, which is a pattern repeated throughout medicine (like 'currant jelly' stools).
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