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[syn: erectile, cavernous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cavernous \Cav"ern*ous\, a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.]
1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity;
hollow.
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2. Filled with small cavities or cells.
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3. Having a sound caused by a cavity.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cavernous
adj 1: being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers
hollowed out of limestone"
2: 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" [syn:
erectile, cavernous]