cavernous
IPA: kˈævɝnʌs
adjective
- Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
- Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
- Having many caverns.
- (anatomy, zootomy) Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
- (dentistry) Having cavities.
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Examples of "cavernous" in Sentences
- Even so, only 22,326 went to the game in cavernous Network Associates Coliseum.
- There was a lump in Westmoreland's brain, a mass of cells known as a cavernous malformation.
- By then virtually the only Houston supporters left in cavernous Reliant Stadium were members of the school's band.
- It was a sad-sweet time of sudden friendships, hasty, courtships and tearful farewells in cavernous railway stations.
- Is Howard, who shattered Schmidt's record with a mammoth blast in cavernous RFK Stadium on Thursday night, 2006's NL MVP?
- All that remains of the primary head vein is the cardinal portion or internal jugular and the part in the region of the trigeminal nerve which may be called the cavernous sinus.
- The team's game solid defense, great bullpen, discipline at the plate, speed to play little ball and enough power to scare people functions anywhere, whether in cavernous Comerica Park in Detroit or minute Fenway Park in Boston.
- Shultz said he was fired after missing work to be with his daughter Olivia, who suffers from a vascular disease called cavernous hemangioma - jumbles of blood vessels that can become greatly enlarged, impeding organ function and breathing.
- Westmoreland's motor skills, coordination, speech and vision are far better than they were in the weeks following his March 16 surgery, when doctors removed a raspberry-sized pack of blood vessels known as a cavernous malformation from his brain stem.
- I remember thinking that if our species dwelled in cavernous outcroppings buried deep underground and so had yet to discover the earth's surface, brilliant sunlight, an ocean breeze, and the stars that lie beyond, or if evolution had proceeded along a different pathway and we had yet to acquire any but the sense of touch, so everything we knew came only from our tactile impressions of our immediate environment, or if human mental faculties stopped developing during early childhood so our emotional and analytical skills never progressed beyond those of a five-year-oldin short, if our experiences painted but a paltry portrait of realityour appraisal of life would be thoroughly compromised.
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