What does "cancellous" mean?
Cancellous: Having a spongy or porous stracture; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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