spongoidadj.
/ˈspɒŋɡɔɪd/ 1. spongoid inflammation n. a kind of soft cancer or morbid growth. (Cf. fungus n. 2.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > soft tumour
spongoid inflammation1808
molluscum1841
molluscoid1892
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 431 A disease totally different from that affection named by them Fungus Hæmatodes, or Spongoid Inflammation.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 579 (note) The fungus hæmatodes of Hey, is the medullary sarcoma of Abernethy,..the spongoid inflammation of John Burns, and the soft cancer of several other writers.
2. Having the form or structure of a sponge.
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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
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 245/1 Ventriculites, a genus of spongoid Zoophyta.
1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 659 The abundance of spungoid fossils is a very remarkable character of the English and Westphalian chalk.
3. Resembling that of a sponge.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > spongy
moorisha1398
fungous?1440
spongy1539
fungy1578
sponge-like1594
airy1598
spongeous1607
fuzzy1616
spongoid1849
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 > resembling that of a sponge
spongoid1849
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 29/2 Its thickness becomes considerably augmented, its texture spungoid.
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