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Of a cheese-like texture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonym of caseinate.
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Synonyms: caseinate
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A salt or ester of caseic acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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To undergo caseation, a necrotic degeneration into a cheese-like state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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become cheeselike
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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turn into cheese
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From Latin cāseus (“cheese”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
From caseic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Back-formation from caseation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَجَبَّنَ
(tajabbana)
— to degenerate into a cheese like state
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Dutch:
verkazen
— to degenerate into a cheese like state
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Finnish:
juustoutua
— to degenerate into a cheese like state
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German:
verkäsen
— to degenerate into a cheese like state
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Greek:
τυροποιήσω
(tyropoiíso)
— to degenerate into a cheese like state
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Polish:
serowacieć
— to degenerate into a cheese like state
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Polish:
zserowacieć
— to degenerate into a cheese like state
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Swedish:
ysta
— to degenerate into a cheese like state