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cancellous

[ kan-suh-luhs ]

adjective

Anatomy.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cancellous1

1830–40; < Latin cancell ( us ) lattice ( cancellus ) + -ous
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Example Sentences

It shows cancellous, or spongy, bone, the network of interconnected spicules that form inside a bone’s stronger outer layers.

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The patient then returned to England, when the wound rapidly healed after the removal of some further necrosed fragments of cancellous tissue.

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Two varieties are recognised—the spongy or cancellous, and the ivory or compact.

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The fatty substance contained in the medullary canal of long bones and in the interstices of the cancellous bone.

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It would seem that the first change is one of congestion of the vessels of the bone's cancellous tissue.

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