cavernous body

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cavernous body - 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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