WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ca•se•a•tion
(kā′sē ā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Pathologytransformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
- Biochemistrythe formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk.
- caseate + -ion 1865–70
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