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Webster 1913 Edition

Spongious

{

Spon′gi-oseˊ

(spŭn′jĭ-ōsˊ)

,

Spon′gi-ous

(spŭn′jĭ-ŭs)

, }

Adj.

[L.

spongiosus

,

spongeosus

: cf. F.

spongieux

. See

.]

Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge;

as,

spongious

bones

.