cancellous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having an open or latticed or porous structure
    cancellate; cancellated.

WordNet

Can"cel*lous adjective
Etymology
Cf. L. cancellosus covered with bars.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Having a spongy or porous stracture; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.

Webster 1913