extracavernous

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adjective

Outside the corpus cavernosum

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Meanings

adjectiveextracavernous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOutside the corpus cavernosum

    A hard tumor, with encasement of the internal carotid artery (ICA), received a debulking and partial removal, in the extracavernous portion (Simpson Grade IV).

    2015 June 29, Carlos Eduardo da Silva, Paulo Eduardo Peixoto de Freitas, “Large and giant skull base meningiomas: The role of radical surgical removal”, in Surgical Neurology International, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

From extra- + cavernous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with extracavernous

cavernousbronchocavernousintercavernousintracavernousnoncavernousparacavernouspericavernous
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APA

extracavernous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracavernous

MLA

“extracavernous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracavernous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extracavernous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracavernous.

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