Definition of Spongiform. Meaning of Spongiform. Synonyms of Spongiform

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Spongiform. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Spongiform and, of course, Spongiform synonyms and on the right images related to the word Spongiform.

Definition of Spongiform

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

Meaning of Spongiform from wikipedia

- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms...
- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also known as prion diseases, are a group of progressive, incurable, and fatal conditions that are ****ociated...
- death. Prions are responsible for prion diseases, known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs), which are fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative...
- The United Kingdom was afflicted with an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as "mad cow disease"), and its human equivalent...
- 1990s, as consumers became concerned about the transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to humans through the ingestion of this type of meat...
- always fatal neurodegenerative disease belonging to the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) group. Early symptoms include memory problems, behavioral...
- Feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the brains of felines. This disease is known to affect domestic, captive...
- all over the world. It is, however, classified with the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) due to the causative role pla**** by PRNP, the human...
- Camel spongiform encephalopathy (CSE), commonly known as mad camel disease, is similar to mad cow disease. It was discovered by the Algerian veterinarian...
- Carleton Gajdusek, 1976 Nobel Prize winner for his work on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, or prion diseases), while working at Walter Reed...