caseation

noun

1. Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
2. Biochemistry. the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk.

noun

1. the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
2. pathol the degeneration of dead tissue into a soft cheeselike mass

n.

1. Necrotic degeneration of bodily tissue into a soft, cheeselike substance.