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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cancellous /ˈkans(ə)ləs/

▶adjective Anatomy (of bone tissue) having a porous, mesh-like structure, typical of the interior of mature bones.

– origin C19: from L. cancelli ‘crossbars’ + -ous.

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