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Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.
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Cancellous — Can cel*lous, a. [Cf. L. cancellosus covered with bars.] (Anat.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cancellous — [kan΄səlāt΄ədkan′sə ləs] adj. [ModL < L cancelli: see CANCEL] 1. Anat. having a porous or spongelike structure: said of bones 2. Bot. having a tiny, netlike structure of veins: said of certain leaves: Also cancellate [kan′sə lit, kan′səlāt΄]… … English World dictionary
cancellous — Denoting bone that has a latticelike or spongy structure. SYN: cancellated. * * * can·cel·lous kan sel əs, kan(t) sə ləs adj having a porous structure made up of intersecting plates and bars that form small cavities or cells <cancellous… … Medical dictionary
cancellous — adjective Etymology: New Latin cancelli intersecting osseous plates and bars in cancellous bone, from Latin, lattice Date: circa 1839 of bone having a porous structure … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cancellous bone — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = substantia spongiosa ossium GraySubject = 18 GrayPage = 86 Caption = Illustration of a section through long bone, with spongy bone in its center. Caption2 = Light micrograph of cancellous bone, stained with … Wikipedia
cancellous bone — ▪ anatomy also called trabecular bone or spongy bone light, porous bone enclosing numerous large spaces that give a honeycombed or spongy appearance. The bone matrix, or framework, is organized into a three dimensional latticework of bony… … Universalium
cancellous — having cavities, spongy, porous, or reticulate, usually of bone … Dictionary of ichthyology
cancellous — /kan seuh leuhs/, adj. Anat. cancellate (def. 1). [1830 40; < L cancell(us) lattice (see CANCELLUS) + OUS] * * * … Universalium
cancellous — adj. porous, perforated (Anatomy) … English contemporary dictionary
cancellous — [ kans(ə)ləs] adjective Anatomy (of bone tissue) having a porous, mesh like structure, typical of the interior of mature bones. Origin C19: from L. cancelli crossbars + ous … English new terms dictionary
