noun
- Plural of caseation; the process of forming a cheese-like or caseous substance, especially the necrotic tissue that forms in tuberculosis and other infections.
Usage: medical; pathology
Examples
- The pathologist identified caseations in the lung tissue samples from the tuberculosis patient.
- Caseations are characteristic lesions seen in granulomatous infections.
- The presence of caseations helped confirm the diagnosis of active tuberculosis.