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cavernous
adjective
Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
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adjective
Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
“Erectile tissue”
adjective
Being or suggesting a cavern
“Vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone”
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Erectile tissue
The penis is an erectile organ
Vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone
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