\Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. {Casein}.]
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.