cancellousadj.
/ˈkansələs/ Physiology.
Having an open porous structure as of network, made up of fine interlacing fibres and plates, as in cancellous tissue.
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cancellated1835
cancellous1836
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 789/1 Deep in the cancellous structure of the bones.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 36 Cancellous bony tissue invested by compact bone.
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