Definition of Cavernaus
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- resembling a cavern; vast
- having many caverns
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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