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Definition of Spongin

1. n. The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.

Definition of Spongin

1. Noun. A horny, sulfur-containing protein related to keratin that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges proteinaceous compounds of which the spicules in Demospongiae are composed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spongin

1. a fibrous material [n -S]

Medical Definition of Spongin

1. The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Spongin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"According to Hundeshagen,1 however, some spongin contains a considerable ... A remarkable property possessed by the spongin fibres of many sponges is that ..."

2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"spongin is obtained when sponge is boiled in succession with dilute hydrochloric acid, dilute caustic soda, water, alcohol and ether. ..."

3. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"spongin. When sponge is boiled with dilute hydrochloric acid, then with-caustic soda, water, ether and alcohol, there is left a body to which the name of ..."

4. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"spongin. When sponge is boiled with dilute hydrochloric .acid, then with caustic soda, water, ether and alcohol, there is left a body to which the name of ..."

5. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"When sponge is boiled with dilute hydrochloric acid, then with caustic soda, water, ether and alcohol, there is left a body to which the name of spongin has ..."

6. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"spongin is obtained when sponge is boiled in succession with dilute hydrochloric ... spongin is unaffected by the reagents employed for its preparation, ..."

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