Medical Definition of Cancellous bone

1. Adult bone consisting of mineralised regularly ordered parallel collagen fibres more loosely organised than the lamellar bone of the shaft of adult long bones. Found in the end of long bones. Synonym: trabecular bone. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancellous Bone

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cancellous bone (current term)
cancellous tissue
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Cancer
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cancerous
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