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Cancellated

Cancellated \Can"cel*la`ted\, a.

  1. Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.
    --Grew.

  2. (Anat.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones.

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cancellated

a. crossbarred; marked with cross lines

WordNet
cancellated
  1. adj. having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows [syn: cancellate, clathrate]

  2. having an open or latticed or porous structure [syn: cancellate, cancellous]

Usage examples of "cancellated".

The nucleated cells found connected with the cancellated structure of the bones, which I first pointed out and had figured in 1847, and have shown yearly from that time to the present, and the fossa masseterica, a shallow concavity on the ramus of the lower jaw, for the lodgment of the masseter muscle, which acquires significance when examined by the side of the deep cavity on the corresponding part in some carnivora to which it answers, may perhaps be claimed as deserving attention.

The nucleated cells found connected with the cancellated structure of the bones, which I first pointed out and had figured in 1847, and have shown yearly from that time to the present, and the fossa masseterica, a shallow concavity on the ramus of the lower jaw, for the lodgment of the masseter muscle, which acquires significance when examined by the side of the deep cavity on the corresponding part in some carnivora to which it answers, may perhaps be claimed as deserving attention.