Usually means: Resembling or characteristic of a sponge.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. spongiform: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. spongiform: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. spongiform: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Spongiform, spongiform: Wordnik
  5. spongiform: Wiktionary
  6. spongiform: Dictionary.com
  7. spongiform: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Spongiform: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. spongiform: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Spongiform: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. spongiform: FreeDictionary.org
  12. spongiform: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. spongiform: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. spongiform: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Spongiform: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. spongiform: Medical dictionary
  6. Spongiform: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spongiform)

▸ adjective:  Like a sponge, porous, full of holes.

Similar:
spongelike, spongy, spongiose, spongious, spongeous, spongoid, spongey, porous, sappy, pithy, more...

Opposite:
nonspongiform, compact, dense, solid

Phrases:
spongiform encephalopathy, spongiform encephalopathies, spongiform encephalitis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, more...

Adjectives:
bovine, transmissible, subacute, induced, noninflammatory
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Similar:
spongelike, spongy, spongiose, spongious, spongeous, spongoid, spongey, porous, sappy, pithy, more...

Opposite:
nonspongiform, compact, dense, solid

Phrases:
spongiform encephalopathy, spongiform encephalopathies, spongiform encephalitis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalitis, more...

Adjectives:
bovine, transmissible, subacute, induced, noninflammatory



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