| 释义 |
spongoid, a.|ˈspɒŋgɔɪd|
Also spungoid.
[f. Gr. σπόγγ-ος sponge n.1 + -oid. Cf. Gr. σπογγοειδής, σπογγώδης, and spongeoid a.]
1. spongoid inflammation, a kind of soft cancer or morbid growth. (Cf. fungus n. 2.)
1808Med. Jrnl. XIX. 431 A disease totally different from that affection named by them Fungus Hæmatodes, or Spongoid Inflammation. 1834Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 579 note, 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.
1833–4J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 659 The abundance of spungoid fossils is a very remarkable character of the English and Westphalian chalk. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 245/1 Ventriculites, a genus of spongoid Zoophyta.
3. Resembling that of a sponge.
1847–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. i. 29/2 Its thickness becomes considerably augmented, its texture spungoid. |