Meaning of CAVERNOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'kavurnus
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- [adj] (physiology) 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"
- [adj] being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone"
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| | Synonyms: | | erectile, expansive, hollow |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cav"ern*ous\, a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.]
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.
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