Definition of sponge bath
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: a bath in which someone or something is not placed in water but is cleaned with a wet, soapy sponge or cloth
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sponge
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: an elastic porous mass of interlacing horny fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals (phylum Porifera) and is able when wetted to absorb water
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: a piece of sponge (as for scrubbing)
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: a porous rubber or cellulose product used similarly to a sponge
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: to cleanse, wipe, or moisten with or as if with a sponge
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: to erase or destroy with or as if with a sponge
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: to get by sponging on another
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bath
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: a washing or soaking (as in water or steam) of all or part of the body
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: water used for bathing
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: a contained liquid for a special purpose
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: to give a bath to
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: to take a bath
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: an ancient Hebrew liquid measure corresponding to the ephah of dry measure
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Medical Dictionary
sponge bath
medical Definition of sponge bath
: a bath in which water is applied to the body without actual immersion
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