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cavernous

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  1. 1. a. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Filled with small cavities or cells. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Having a sound caused by a cavity. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. being or suggesting a cavern Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. j:100 s. being or suggesting a cavern Source: ecdict

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