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spongeca
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Esperanto
Etymology
From spongo (“sponge”, noun) + -eca (“-like”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
spongeca (accusative singular spongecan, plural spongecaj, accusative plural spongecajn)
- spongy
- 2001, Stefan Maul, “Memdetrua homaro”, in Monato: internacia magazino, number 02, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 3 December 2023, page 4:
- […] furoras en vastaj partoj de Eŭropo angoro pri bova spongeca encefalopatio (mallonge BSE, populare „bovofrenezo”), […].
- […] anxiety has been raging in large parts of Europe about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE for short, popularly “mad cow disease”), […].
- 2006, Vladimir Lemelev, “Nova etapo en biologio kaj medicino”, in Monato: internacia magazino, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 20 September 2020:
- Por ĉiuj prionaj malsanoj estas karakterizaj spongecaj kavoj en la cerbo surloke de detruitaj neŭronoj […].
- All prion diseases are characterized by spongy cavities in the brain at the site of destroyed neurons […].
- 2008, Petro De Smet', “Sidante en pudingo, mi alvokas miajn savantojn!”, in Monato: internacia magazino, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 15 August 2020:
References
- “spongeca”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
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