cancellous
Meaning of cancellous
adjective
denoting bone tissue with a meshlike structure containing many pores, typical of the interior of mature bones.
mid 19th century: from Latin cancelli ‘crossbars’ + -ous.
Information about cancellous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of cancellous
can-cel-lous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- cancellous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
cancellous synonyms
Meaning cancellate:
Words that rhyme with cancellous
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