cavernous : Idioms & Phrases
Cavernous body
- a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris.
Webster 1913
Cavernous respiration
- a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.
Webster 1913
cavernous sinus
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noun either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity
sinus cavernosus.
