Cancellous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cancellous
       adj : having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: {cancellate},
              {cancellated}]