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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.

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  1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.
  2. adj. of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
  3. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.
  4. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualitiesof cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, inscrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products ofinflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neitherabsorbed nor organized.
  5. s. of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike