| spongio- | Sponge, sponglike, spongy. Origin: G. Spongia (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spongioblast | Cell found in developing nervous system: gives rise to astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spongioblastoma | <tumour> 1. A glioma consisting of cells (elongated, spindle-shaped, and sometimes pleomorphic, with one or two fibrillary processes) that resemble the embryonic spongioblasts, occurring normally around the neural canal of the human embryo; it grows relatively slowly, usually originating in the brainstem, optic chiasm, or infundibulum, and infiltrates adjacent structures or causes compression of the third and fourth ventricle. Spongioblastomas were formerly subclassified as spongioblastoma polare and spongioblastoma unipolare. 2. Obsolete term for glioblastoma multiforme. Origin: spongioblast + G. -oma tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongiocyte | Lipid droplet rich cells from the middle region of the cortex of the adrenal gland. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spongioid | Synonym: spongy. Origin: spongio-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongiole | <botany> A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water. Synonym: spongelet. Origin: L. Spongiola a rose gall, small roots, dim. Of spongia: cf. F. Spongiole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spongiolite | <paleontology> One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints. Origin: Gr. Sponge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spongiopilin | <medicine> A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice. Origin: Gr, dim. Of a sponge + felt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spongiose | Resembling or characteristic of a sponge. Origin: L. Spongiosus (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongiosis | Inflammatory intercellular oedema of the epidermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongiositis | Inflammation of the corpus spongiosum, or corpus cavernosum urethrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongiozoa | <zoology> See Sponglae. Origin: NL, Gr. Sponge + an animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |