a. Phys. [f. CANCELL-I + -OUS: cf. L. cancellōsus.] Having an open porous structure as of network, made up of fine interlacing fibers and plates, as in cancellous tissue.
1836–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 789/1. Deep in the cancellous structure of the bones.
1881. Mivart, Cat, 36. The vertebræ are composed of cancellous bony tissue invested by compact bone.
