caseate

== English == === Etymology 1 === From caseic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”). ==== Noun ==== caseate (plural caseates) Synonym of caseinate. (obsolete, chemistry) A salt or ester of caseic acid. === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from caseation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== caseate (third-person singular simple present caseates, present participle caseating, simple past and past participle caseated) (intransitive, medicine) To undergo caseation, a necrotic degeneration into a cheese-like state. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== casein caseation ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Latin cāseus (“cheese”) +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== caseate (not comparable) (biology) Of a cheese-like texture.