cancellate
adjective
of spongy or porous structure, as bone.
cancellated
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a variation of
cancellate.
Example Sentences
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If the disease of the joint has affected the lower end of the bone, slice after slice may be removed, till a healthy surface of cancellated texture is obtained.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
The comparative anatomist was guided in coming to this conclusion by a certain cancellated structure possessed by the bony fragments, a characteristic of the bones of birds.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
As the disease progresses, there is softening and enlarging of the cancellated tissue towards the centre of the bone.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
The whole of the body whorl and commencement of the spire is cancellated.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
There is less risk of exfoliation, the cancellated texture of the epiphysis not being liable to it.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
