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-- Cavernous --
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Cavernous

Cav´ern`ous
a.1.Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
2.Filled with small cavities or cells.
3.Having a sound caused by a cavity.
Cavernous body
a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris.
Cavernous respiration
a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.
Adj.1.cavernous - being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"
2.cavernous - filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ"
Synonyms: erectile
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