Cav"ern*ous (?), a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.]
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.
© Webster 1913.