cav·ern·ous /ˈkævɚ/
(a.)似巨穴的
cav·ern·ous /ˈkævɝnəs/ 形容詞
多穴的,多孔的,海綿狀的,洞穴狀的
Cav·ern·ous a.
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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cavernous
adj 1: being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers
hollowed out of limestone"
2: 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]