Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an open, latticed, or porous structure. Used especially of bone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
cancellate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy (of
bone ) Having lowdensity andstrength but highsurface area , of the kind that fills the innercavity of long bones.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an open or latticed or porous structure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hence this is called cancellous tissue, and the gradual transition from one to the other is apparent.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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Mammalian Spongy Bone - Spongy bone, also known as cancellous bone, is less dense than compact bone and is composed of a honeycomb-like network of bones called trabeculae.
unknown title 2009
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Mammalian Spongy Bone - Spongy bone, also known as cancellous bone, is less dense than compact bone and is composed of a honeycomb-like network of bones called trabeculae.
unknown title 2009
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Mammalian Spongy Bone - Spongy bone, also known as cancellous bone, is less dense than compact bone and is composed of a honeycomb-like network of bones called trabeculae.
unknown title 2009
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Without the cancellous bone our bones would be very brittle.
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Bone of the cancellous type is found in the long bones, sternum, vertebrae and between layers of the cranium bones.
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Putting these peculiarities on one side, the cancellous ends are subject to the type forms of injury; thus perforations either of the head of the bone or the malleolus were common injuries.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Another element also in the less clean punctures of the short and cancellous bones was probably the less accurate and hard shooting of the Mauser rifles as they became worn; the bullets seemed to evidence this by the comparative shallowness of their rifle grooves, which, I take it, would mean less velocity and accuracy in flight.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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This would be of importance, since the clean puncture of cancellous bone was no doubt favoured by a high rate of velocity.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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First, if the shaft of a long bone be hit above the junction of diaphysis and epiphysis, the cancellous tissue in and extending from the medullary cavity is pulverised, and examination of fragments from such fractures gives the impression of the inner aspect having been scraped clean.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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