cancellous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cancellous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cancellous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cancellous adj having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: cancellate, cancellated, cancellous]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cancellous \Can"cellous\, 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.