| 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) |
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| 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) |
| spongoblast | <zoology> One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibres. Origin: Gr. Sponge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spongy | 1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones. 2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. "Spongy April." 3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge. <chemistry> Spongy lead, sponge lead. See Sponge. Spongy platinum. See Platinum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spongy body of penis | The median column of erectile tissue located between and ventral to the two corpora cavernosa penis; posteriorly it expands into the bulbus penis and anteriorly it terminates as the enlarged glans penis; it is traversed by the urethra. Synonym: corpus cavernosum urethrae, spongy body of penis. Corpus spongiosum urethrae muliebris, the submucous coat of the female urethra, containing a venous network that insinuates itself between the muscular layers, giving to them an erectile nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongy bone | A turbinated bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongy degeneration | <radiology> (Canavan disease) dysmyelinating disease, autosomal recessive, onset at 2 - 9 months, megalencephaly, (Alexander disease only other degenerative neurological disease in infants with big head!), blindness with or without deafness, hypotonia may lead to spasticity, Diagnosis: brain biopsy, centrum semiovale most severely affected (12 Dec 1998) |
| spongy degeneration of infancy | Autosomal recessive degenerative disease of infancy; mostly in Jewish infants; onset typically within first 3-4 months of birth, consisting of blindness, psychomotor regression, enlarged head, optic atrophy, hypotonia, spasticity, increased N-acetylaspartic acid urinary excretion. MRI shows enlarged brain, decreased attenuation of cerebral and cerebellar white matter, and normal ventricles. Pathologically, there is increased brain volume and weight, and spongy degeneration in the subcortical white matter. See: leukodystrophy. Synonym: Canavan's sclerosis, Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand disease, spongy degeneration of infancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongy parenchyma | Tissue usually found in the lower part of the leaf mesophyll. Consists of irregularly shaped, photosynthetic parenchyma cells, separated by large air spaces. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spongy part of the male urethra | The portion of the male urethra, about 15 cm in length, which traverses the corpus spongiosum. Synonym: pars spongiosa urethrae masculinae, pars cavernosa, penile urethra, spongy part of the male urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |