spongiose

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin spongiosus, spongeosus. Compare French spongieux. See sponge.

Adjective

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spongiose (comparative more spongiose, superlative most spongiose)

  1. Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities.
    spongious bones

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spongiose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

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Adjective

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spongiose

  1. feminine plural of spongioso

Latin

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spongiōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of spongiōsus