Cavernous /(?)/
Cav·ern·ous
Cavernous
a.
- Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
- Filled with small cavities or cells.
- Having a sound caused by a cavity.
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.