Found 2 items, similar to Cavernous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cavernous 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cavernous Cavernous \Cav"ern*ous\, a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.] 1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow. [1913 Webster] 2. Filled with small cavities or cells. [1913 Webster] 3. Having a sound caused by a cavity. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]