Cancellous Definition

kăn-sĕləs, kănsə-ləs
adjective
Having a porous or spongelike structure.
Webster's New World
Having a tiny, netlike structure of veins.
Webster's New World

(anatomy, of bone) Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.

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Origin of Cancellous

  • From Latin cancellus lattice cancel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin cancellus, lattice.

    From Wiktionary

Cancellous Sentence Examples

  • Cancellous Bone Cancellous bone has large open spaces (marrow spaces) and plates of bone called trabeculae.

  • The image films were printed for record, and the talus fracture was fixed with 2 cancellous screws from the lateral side.

  • Cancellous bone, whose porous structure with small cavities resembles sponge, predominates in the pelvis and the 33 vertebrae from the neck to the tailbone.

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CCACAN

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SUSOUS

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