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cancellous
[ kan-suh-luhs ]
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- sub·cancel·lous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cancellous1
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Example Sentences
It would seem that the first change is one of congestion of the vessels of the bone's cancellous tissue.
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Bone may be compact, or loose and spongy in character, when it is known as cancellous bone.
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The tympanic is not fused to the periotic and has a small bulla not filled with cancellous bone.
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These horn cores are formed internally of cancellous bone, and on them the true epidermal horns are borne.
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The spongy or cancellous osteoma is really an ossified chondroma, and is met with at the ends of the long bones (Fig. 52).
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