cancellous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- subcancellous adjective
Etymology
Origin of cancellous
1830–40; < Latin cancell ( us ) lattice ( cancellus ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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It shows cancellous, or spongy, bone, the network of interconnected spicules that form inside a bone’s stronger outer layers.
From Scientific American
This would be of importance, since the clean puncture of cancellous bone was no doubt favoured by a high rate of velocity.
From Project Gutenberg
The new bone is laid down on the surface, in the Haversian canals, or in the cancellous spaces and medullary canal, or in all three situations.
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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