cancellous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- subcancellous adjective
Etymology
Origin of cancellous
1830–40; < Latin cancell ( us ) lattice ( see cancellus) + -ous
Example Sentences
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The diaphysis contains compact bone surrounding a medullary cavity containing bone marrow On either end is an epiphysis containing cancellous or spongy bone.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Histologically, osteoporosis is characterized by a reduction in the thickness of compact bone and the number and size of trabeculae in cancellous bone.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In its new site, cancellous bone becomes hard and fixed within a month.
From Time Magazine Archive
The material which Colonel Gordon uses, called cancellous bone, is the spongy substance found between hard bone and marrow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Erichsen mentions a young man of twenty-one with 15 groups of symmetric exostoses in various portions of the body; they were spongy or cancellous in nature.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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