| cave | A hollow or enclosed space or cavity. See: cavity, cavitas, cavity, cavern, cavern. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cave sickness | Histoplasmosis acquired by inhalation of organism Histoplasma capulatum in caves (spelunking) or mine shafts containing bird roosts or bats, prime conditions for growth of the organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caveola | A small pocket, vesicle, cave, or recess communicating with the outside of a cell and extending inward, indenting the cytoplasm and the cell membrane. Such caveolae may be pinched off to form free vesicles within the cytoplasm. They are considered to be sites of uptake of materials into the cell, expulsion of materials from the cell, or sites of addition or removal of cell (unit) membrane to or from the cell surface. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavern | An anatomical cavity with many interconnecting chambers. Synonym: caverna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caverna | Synonym: cavern. Origin: L. A grotto, fr. Cavus, hollow (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernae corporis spongiosi | The vascular spaces forming the erectile tissue of the corpus spongiosum penis in the male and the bulb of the vestibule in the female. Synonym: cavernae corporis spongiosi, cavities of corpus spongiosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernae corporum cavernosorum | The vascular spaces of the corpora cavernosa that, together with the intervening fibrous trabeculae, form the erectile tissue of the penis or clitoris. Synonym: cavernae corporum cavernosorum, cavities of corpora cavernosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caverniloquy | Low pitched resonant pectoriloquy heard over a lung cavity. Origin: L. Caverna, cavern, + loquor, to talk (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernitis | Inflammation of the corpus cavernosum penis. Synonym: cavernositis. Fibrous cavernitis, cavernitis occasionally associated with Peyronie's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernoscope | <instrument> An obsolete term for celoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernoscopy | An obsolete term for celoscopy. Origin: L. Caverna, cavern, + G. Skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernositis | Inflammation of the corpus cavernosum penis. Synonym: cavernositis. Fibrous cavernitis, cavernitis occasionally associated with Peyronie's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernostomy | An obsolete term for opening of any cavity to establish drainage. Origin: L. Caverna, cavern, + G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous | Relating to a cavern or a cavity; containing many cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous angioma | Vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery; can be multiple, especially if inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Synonym: nevus cavernosus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trigeminal cave | The cleft in the meningeal layer of dura of the middle cranial fossa near the tip of the petrous part of the temporal bone; it encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion. Synonym: cavum trigeminale, Meckel's cavity, Meckel's space, trigeminal cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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