Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling the sound made by blowing across the mouth of a flask: applied to certain sounds obtained in auscultation and percussion of the chest: as, amphoric respiration: amphoric resonance; an amphoric voice, whisper, or cough.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
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- adjective medicine Produced by or indicating a hollow
cavity in thelungs , giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an emptydecanter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle
Etymologies
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amphora + -ic?
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Examples
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Percussion gives a dull sound or if there are large cavities, it is hollow, and auscultation elicits the amphoric sound, as of blowing into a bottle.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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The old doctor murmured some words about amphoric breathing, and a sound such as a cracked jar might give out.
A Love Episode ��mile Zola 1871
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