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cancellous

cancellous adjective: having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.

Adjective

cancellous (not comparable)

  1. Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.
    Synonyms:
    trabecular

cancellous meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

cancellous in Tamil

பஞ்செலும்பு, புரைத்த, வலத்திசு உருஎலும்பு

cancellous in Urdu

اسفنجی, سوراخ سوراخ

cancellous in Kannada

ರಂಧ್ರಯುಕ್ತ, ತೂತುತೂತಾದ, ಸ್ಪಂಜಿನಂತಿರುವ

Synonyms of cancellous

Origin of cancellous

From Latin cancellus (“lattice”).

Words formed from cancellous

Questions about cancellous

What does cancellous mean?
Cancellous means having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.
What is cancellous in Tamil?
Cancellous in Tamil is பஞ்செலும்பு, புரைத்த, வலத்திசு உருஎலும்பு. See Cancellous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cancellous?
Cancellous is an adjective.

Words near cancellous in the dictionary

  1. cancelleth
  2. cancelli
  3. cancelling
  4. cancelling out
  5. cancelling someone's Christmas
  6. cancellous
  7. cancells
  8. cancellus
  9. cancelment
  10. cancelments
  11. cancelous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cancellous (page history and authors); cancellous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cancellous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cancellous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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