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cancellous definition

can·cel·lous (kan′sə ləs)

adjective

  1. Anat. having a porous or spongelike structure: said of bones
  2. Bot. having a tiny, netlike structure of veins: said of certain leaves

Etymology: ModL < L cancelli: see cancel

Also cancellate can′·cel·late (-sə lit, -lāt′) or cancellated can′·cel·lat′ed (-lāt′əd)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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