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Definition of Cancellated

1. Adjective. Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows.

Definition of Cancellated

1. a. Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.

Definition of Cancellated

1. Adjective. crossbarred; marked with cross lines ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) open or spongy, like certain porous bones ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cancellated

1. Synonym: cancellous. Origin: L. Cancello, to make a lattice work (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancellated

Literary usage of Cancellated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bioplasm: An Introduction to the Study of Physiology & Medicine by Lionel Smith Beale (1872)
"Of the cancellated texture and compact tissue of oone. ... When dried, cancellated tissue exhibits a number of spaces like sponge, and has been termed ..."

2. The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man by Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman (1857)
"... section of the upper end of the Femur, (how- ing lli'1 cancellated and compact tissues. precipitate occurs; abu of oxalate of lime will a white powder. ..."

3. Elements of physiology: Including Physiological Anatomy / C by William B by William Benjamin Carpenter (1851)
"They are made up of cancellated structure, as it is termed ; that is, of osseous lamellae and fibres interwoven together (like those of areolar tissue, ..."

4. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain: Or Coloured Figures and by James Sowerby (1825)
"... largely cancellated ; varies in three tortuose rows, with two or three knobs between each ; whorls ventricose ; beak contracted. ..."

5. Animal Mechanics by Charles Bell, Jeffries Wyman (1902)
"ANIMAL MECHANICS ON THE cancellated STRUCTURE OF SOME OF THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY OB OP THOSE BONES WHICH HAVE A DEFINITE RELATION TO THE ERECT POSITION ..."

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