sponge (spunj)
sponge
sponge [spunj]
1. a porous, absorbent mass, as a pad of gauze or cotton surrounded by gauze.
2. the elastic fibrous skeleton of certain species of marine animals.
absorbable gelatin sponge a sterile, absorbable, water-insoluble, gelatin-base material, used as a local hemostatic.
sponge (sp nj)n. 1. Any of numerous aquatic invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera. 2. The light, fibrous, absorbent skeleton of certain of these organisms. 3. A piece of absorbent porous material, such as cellulose, plastic, or rubber, used especially for washing and cleaning. 4. A gauze pad used to absorb blood and other fluids, as in surgery or in dressing a wound. 5. A contraceptive sponge. v. To wash, moisten, or absorb with a sponge. |
sponge
[spunj]
Etymology: Gk, spongia
1 a resilient absorbent mass used to absorb fluids, to apply medication, or to cleanse. The sponge may be the internal skeleton of a certain marine animal, or it may be manufactured from cellulose, rubber, or synthetic material.
2
Usage notes: informal.
a folded gauze square used in surgery. sponge [spunj]
a porous, absorbent mass, as a pad of gauze or cotton surrounded by gauze, or the elastic fibrous skeleton of certain species of marine animals.
absorbable gelatin sponge a sterile, absorbable, water-insoluble, gelatin-base material used in the control of bleeding.
sponge
a porous, absorbent mass, as a pad of gauze or cotton surrounded by gauze, or the elastic fibrous skeleton of certain species of marine animals.
sponge forceps
gelatin sponge (absorbable)
a spongy form of denatured gelatin, soaked with thrombin and used for topical hemostasis.
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