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a. [ L. caseus. Cf. Casein. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ex + osseous. ] Boneless. “Exosseous animals. ” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux. ] 1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. “Unconnected, gaseous information.” Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. griseus. See Gris. ] Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly. Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gypseus. See Gypsum. ] Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. inter- + osseous: cf. F. interosseux. ] (Anat.) Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nauseosus. ] 1. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Feeling nausea; as, nauseous from the effects of chemotherapy. [ PJC ]

-- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. osseus, from os, ossis bone; akin to Gr. 'oste`on, Skr. asthi. Cf. Oyster. ] Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called because found in the unripe fruit of the bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). ] (Chem.) Same as Inosite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a phrase + -gram. ] (Phonography) A symbol for a phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to phraseology; consisting of a peculiar form of words. “This verbal or phraseological answer.” Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A collector or coiner of phrases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, phrase + -logy: cf. F. phraséologie. ] 1. Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most completely national in his . . . phraseology. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Diction; style. See Diction. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; leek-green, green, fr. &unr_; a leek. ] A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Praseo- + didymium. ] (Chem.) An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Praseo- + -lite. ] (Min.) A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. Luteo-. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose. ] (med.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash. -- Ro*se"o*lous a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL. symphysis pubis + Gr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section. [ Written also symphysotomy. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]