Definition of Spongiform. Meaning of Spongiform. Synonyms of Spongiform

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Definition of Spongiform

Spongiform
Spongiform Spon"gi*form, a. Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.

Meaning of Spongiform from wikipedia

- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also known as prion diseases, are a group of progressive, incurable, and fatal conditions that are ****ociated...
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms...
- death. Prions are responsible for prion diseases, known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs), which are fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative...
- 1990s, as consumers became concerned about the transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to humans through the ingestion of this type of meat...
- Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), also known as subacute spongiform encephalopathy or neurocognitive disorder due to prion disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative...
- Noncompaction cardiomyopathy Other names Spongiform cardiomyopathy Noncompaction cardiomyopathy is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner Specialty...
- The United Kingdom was afflicted with an outbreak of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as "mad cow disease"), and its human equivalent...
- counterpart, is a fatal type of brain disease within the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy family. Initial symptoms include psychiatric problems,...
- Feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the brains of felines. This disease is known to affect domestic, captive...
- Look up BSE in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. BSE may refer to: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, a neurodegenerative disease...