amphoric

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

am=phor=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective amphoric has 1 sense

amphoric(a = adj.pert) - the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle; "amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

amphoric, a.

Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance. [1913 Webster]