n. [ Casein + -ose. ] (Physiol.Chem.) A soluble product (proteose) formed in the gastric and pancreatic digestion of casein and caseinogen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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 ]

a. [ Pref. ultra + gaseous. ] (Physics) Having the properties exhibited by gases under very low pressures (one millionth of an atmosphere or less). Matter under this condition, which has been termed the fourth state of matter, is sometimes called radiant matter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]