Adam Rex

I don't know if I'd call it a favorite, but there was an entree in the rotation at my grade school cafeteria called 'Salisbury Steak' that was some kind of freestanding spongiform potage covered in a sauce that would probably have to be spelled 'grayvee' for legal reasons.

American Artist

Michael Greger

Though pigs have been proven susceptible to a porcine spongiform encephalopathy, the National Pork Producers Council claims that no naturally occurring cases of 'mad pig' disease have ever been discovered.

American Author

Used mainly in medical settings to describe abnormal tissues.

Medical Context

It's a technical term and might be unfamiliar in everyday conversation.

Technical Term

Often linked to serious brain diseases, so it carries a grave tone.

Spongiform