can·cel·late (k n-s l  t, kns -l t ) also can·cel·lat·ed (-ltd)adj. Cancellous. [Latin cancell tus, past participle of cancellre, to make in a crisscross pattern; see cancel.] |
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| Adj. | 1. | cancellated - having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows reticular, reticulate - resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" |
| 2. | cancellated - having an open or latticed or porous structure anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals cellular - characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization); "the cellular construction of a beehive"; "any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular" |
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