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 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]