transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspən-ji-ˌfȯrm- ]
noun
Etymology: spongiform resembling a sponge, from Latin spongia + English -iform
Date: 1960
: any of a group of degenerative diseases of the brain that are characterized by development of brain tissue having a structure like that of a porous sponge and by deterioration in neurological functioning — compare bovine spongiform encephalopathy