caseous

1. 1.

   of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about caseous

What does caseous mean?

caseous means "of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike".

How many syllables are in caseous?

caseous has 3 syllables and divides as ca-se-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is caseous a common word?

caseous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.