cancellous

[ kan-suh-luhs ]

adjective

, Anatomy.

1. cancellate ( def 1 ).

Other Words From

• sub·cancel·lous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cancellous¹

1830–40; < Latin cancell ( us ) lattice ( cancellus ) + -ous

Example Sentences

It shows cancellous, or spongy, bone, the network of interconnected spicules that form inside a bone’s stronger outer layers.

From Scientific American

The patient then returned to England, when the wound rapidly healed after the removal of some further necrosed fragments of cancellous tissue.

From Project Gutenberg

Two varieties are recognised—the spongy or cancellous, and the ivory or compact.

From Project Gutenberg

The fatty substance contained in the medullary canal of long bones and in the interstices of the cancellous bone.

From Project Gutenberg

It would seem that the first change is one of congestion of the vessels of the bone's cancellous tissue.

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