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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cavernous \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cavernous adj 1: being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone" 2: (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 [syn: {erectile}]
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