CANCELLOUS


Meaning of CANCELLOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kan-ˈse-ləs, ˈkan(t)-sə-ləs ]

adjective

Etymology: New Latin cancelli intersecting osseous plates and bars in cancellous bone, from Latin, lattice

Date: circa 1839

of bone : having a porous structure

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