Spongiform
adjective
Resembling a sponge, especially about a material or tissue.
The patient suffered from a spongiform encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease.
Often appears as...
- spongiform degeneration
- spongiform encephalopathy
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Resembling a sponge, especially about a material or tissue.
The patient suffered from a spongiform encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease.
Often appears as...
- spongiform degeneration
- spongiform encephalopathy
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used mainly in medical settings to describe abnormal tissues.
The biopsy showed spongiform changes consistent with the diagnosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
It's a technical term and might be unfamiliar in everyday conversation.
Her research focuses on spongiform diseases of the central nervous system.
Pro Tip 3/3Disease Association
Often linked to serious brain diseases, so it carries a grave tone.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a fatal spongiform disorder.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used mainly in medical settings to describe abnormal tissues.
The biopsy showed spongiform changes consistent with the diagnosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
It's a technical term and might be unfamiliar in everyday conversation.
Her research focuses on spongiform diseases of the central nervous system.
Pro Tip 3/3Disease Association
Often linked to serious brain diseases, so it carries a grave tone.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a fatal spongiform disorder.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used mainly in medical settings to describe abnormal tissues.
The biopsy showed spongiform changes consistent with the diagnosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
It's a technical term and might be unfamiliar in everyday conversation.
Her research focuses on spongiform diseases of the central nervous system.
Pro Tip 3/3Disease Association
Often linked to serious brain diseases, so it carries a grave tone.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a fatal spongiform disorder.
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Quote examples
Adam Rex
American Artist
I don't know if I'd call it a favorite, but there was an entree in the rotation at my grade school cafeteria called 'Salisbury Steak' that was some kind of freestanding spongiform potage covered in a sauce that would probably have to be spelled 'grayvee' for legal reasons.
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Michael Greger
American Author
Though pigs have been proven susceptible to a porcine spongiform encephalopathy, the National Pork Producers Council claims that no naturally occurring cases of 'mad pig' disease have ever been discovered.
Quote examples
Adam Rex
American Artist
I don't know if I'd call it a favorite, but there was an entree in the rotation at my grade school cafeteria called 'Salisbury Steak' that was some kind of freestanding spongiform potage covered in a sauce that would probably have to be spelled 'grayvee' for legal reasons.
Quote examples
Michael Greger
American Author
Though pigs have been proven susceptible to a porcine spongiform encephalopathy, the National Pork Producers Council claims that no naturally occurring cases of 'mad pig' disease have ever been discovered.
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