spongiform
pronunciation
How to pronounce spongiform in British English:
UK [ˈspʌndʒɪfɔ:m]
How to pronounce spongiform in American English:
US [ˈspʌndʒɪfɔrm]
Word Origin
- spongiform (adj.)
- "resembling a sponge," 1774, from Latin spongia "sponge" (see sponge (n.)) + forma "form, shape" (see form (n.)).
Example
- 1. The study status of heroin spongiform leukoencephalopathy on imageology .
- 2. Who guidelines on tissue infectivity distribution in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies .
- 3. The problem of bovine spongiform encephalopathy mad cow disease was at first unjustifiably minimised ; but then greatly exaggerated .
- 4. Histological examination showed pustular dermatitis with spongiform pustules , consistent with a drug eruption .
- 5. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy has had a substantial impact on the livestock industry in the united kingdom .