Caseation

noun

1. Necrotic degeneration of bodily tissue into a soft, cheeselike substance.
2. The coagulation of milk.
3. In pathology, transformation into a dull cheese-like mass, as in pus, tubercle, etc.
4. A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
5. A necrotic degeneration of tissue to a cheese-like condition