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单词 spongiform
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spongiformadj.

/ˈspʌndʒɪfɔːm/
Etymology: < spongi- comb. form.
1. Resembling a sponge in structure; light and porous.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of holes > porous
plummya1398
porousa1398
hollow1398
sponged1398
spongeous1398
porosea1400
spongiousc1400
pory1535
spongy1578
sponge-like1594
lax1615
porish1652
laxy1716
spongiose1755
spongiform1805
spongeoid1822
spongoid1843
polyporous1858
1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 31 Spongiform. In this figure the cells are cylindrical.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 199/2 Cavernous quartz is termed Spongiform quartz or Swimming stone.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 251/2 An infinite number of minute cavities, which render the product light and spongiform.
2. Zoologically resembling a sponge.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [adjective] > relating to a sponge > resembling a sponge
spongiform1839
spongioid1884
1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall ix. 264 This view seems borne out by the alcyonic and other spongiform remains.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xv. 280 Of spongiform organisms we may mention mammillopora.

Draft additions 1997

spongiform encephalopathy n. Pathology any of various degenerative diseases of the central nervous system characterized by histological change in brain tissue, which assumes a sponge-like appearance due to the degeneration and loss of neurones, and the appearance of vacuoles; bovine spongiform encephalopathy n. at bovine adj. Additions).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > other brain disorders
brain damage1864
mind-blindness1888
satellitosis1906
syringobulbia1908
Alzheimer's disease1911
kernicterus1912
pseudotumour1914
brain death1928
punch-drunk1928
Sturge–Weber syndrome1935
Alzheimer1938
Creutzfeldt–Jakob1939
Alzheimer1940
Schilder's disease1940
hypsarrhythmia1952
kuru1957
laughing death1957
Minamata disease1957
myelinolysis1959
spongiform encephalopathy1960
CJD1975
old-timer's disease1983
mad —— disease1990
1960 Brain 83 546 Some authors regard this condition now under review as a variant of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease but we consider that it is fundamentally different and propose now to refer to it as subacute spongiform encephalopathy or spongiform cerebral atrophy as suggested by Jacob et al. (1958).
1979 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. iii. 370 There are four examples of the chronic degenerative brain disease known as spongiform encephalopathy, two in man (kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) and two in animals (scrapie and transmissable mink encephalopathy).
1991 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. c12/5 In Britain,..an epidemic of spongiform encephalopathy in cows, known as mad cow disease, has held the nation in thrall for the past five years.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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