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Spongy degeneration (medicine) and midway (iou)


Spongy degeneration (medicine)


spongy degeneration
<radiology> (Canavan disease)

dysmyelinating disease, autosomal recessive, onset at 2 - 9 months, megalencephaly, (Alexander disease only Other degenerative neurological disease in infants with big head!), blindness with or without deafness, hypotonia may lead to spasticity, Diagnosis: brain biopsy, centrum semiovale most severely affected


midway (iou)



midway noun, adjective, adverb, & preposition. OE.
[from MID adjective + WAY noun.]
A. noun.
The middle of the way or distance, the halfway point. OE-L18.
A middle course, a medium. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
A central avenue at an exhibition, fair, etc., along which the chief exhibits or amusements are placed. Also (colloq.), any cheap place of amusement. N. Amer. L19.
b. adjective.
Situated in the middle of the way, occupying the middle. Chiefly poet. OE.
Medium, moderate. L16-L17.
C. adverb. In the middle of the way or distance; halfway. Also (US) foll. by of. ME.
D. preposition. In the middle of, halfway down, along, etc. rare. L18.