cav-, cavo-, cava-, cavi-, cavern-

1. A small enclosed space or cavity.
2. A large underground cave or a large chamber in a series of caves.
3. A large underground chamber, as in a cave.
4. An anatomical cavity with many interconnecting chambers.

Living in subterranean caves or passages.

Amphoric voice or denoting the sound heard in percussion and auscultation, resembling the noise made by blowing across the mouth of an empty bottle.

Auscultation is the medical act of listening for sounds within the body, chiefly for ascertaining the condition of the lungs, heart, pleura, abdomen and other organs, and for the detection of pregnancy.

Inflammation of the corpus cavernosum of the penis.

A cavernous vascular tumor or angioma.

An instrument for visual inspection of the inside of a cavity.

The technique of visual inspection of the interior of a cavity.

A surgical procedure in which a body cavity is opened, usually to provide drainage, as in the case of a lung abscess.

1. Characterized by or containing cavities.
2. Resulting from the presence of cavities; characteristic of cavitation; cavernous voice sounds.
3. Filled with caverns.
4. Resembling a cavern; such as, in depth, vastness.
5. Like or suggestive of a cavern, especially in being large, dark, deep, and hollow.
5. In anatomy, that which is filled with cavities or hollow areas; porous.

Full of little cavities or holes; such as, cavernulous metal.

A concave architectural molding with a curve that is roughly a quarter circle (Italian, diminutive of cavo, hollow; from Latin cavus).

1. Pertaining to or possessing a cavity or cavities.
2. Relating to a cavity or having a cavity or cavities.
3. A reference to any animal parasite that has an enteric canal or body cavity and which lives within the host's body.

A hollow space or concavity in an organ, part, or structure; often designating only a potential space; a cavity.

1. To form bubbles or cavities in a substance.
2. The sudden formation and collapse of low-pressure bubbles in liquids by means of mechanical forces; such as, those resulting from rotation of a marine propeller.
3. The formation of cavities in a body tissue or an organ; especially, those formed in the lung as a result of tuberculosis.

1. The sudden formation and collapse of low-pressure bubbles in liquids by means of mechanical forces; such as, those resulting from rotation of a marine propeller.
2. The formation of gas bubbles in a liquid, due to pressure variations, heating, or vibration.

Specifically, the formation of gas pockets or bubbles on the blade of an impeller or the gate of a valve; collapse of these pockets or bubbles drives water with such force that it can cause pitting on the surface.

3. The pitting of a solid surface.
4. In medicine, the formation of cavities in a body tissue or an organ, especially those formed in the lung as a result of tuberculosis.