Spongiform

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Resembling a sponge in appearance or texture; spongy.
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  • adj. Like a sponge, porous, full of holes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the form or structure of a sponge; poriferous, as a member of the Spongiæ; of or pertaining to the Spongiæ.
  • Sponge-like; spongy; soft, elastic, and porous, like an ordinary bath-sponge: noting various objects or substances not sponges.
    • Word Usage
    "CJD results in the brain literally being turned into sponge-like, hole-filled tissue (the reason the disease is also known as spongiform encephalopathy)."
    Cross Reference
    spongiform quartz   
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    porous   
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