The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cavernous body
Cavernous \Cav"ern*ous\, a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.]
Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
Filled with small cavities or cells.
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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.
Usage examples of "cavernous body".
Now, from somewhere in that cavernous body, he got the force to double the noise.